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David Michael Newstead

David Michael Newstead

My Postcard Interview with David Sax

Read The Future is Analog

2 min readMay 15, 2023

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My Postcard Interview with David Sax

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David Michael Newstead

Public Domain Heroes: The Press Guardian #1

First, the windows of their office were smashed to pieces. Later, some of the paper’s reporters were beaten up. But it wasn’t until their…

4 min readJan 10, 2023

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Public Domain Heroes: The Press Guardian #1

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David Michael Newstead

The Strange Lure of Other People’s Photos: Revisited

Every few weeks, I think about an article that was in the New York Times Magazine in 2020. It’s called The Strange Lure of Other People’s…

2 min readNov 7, 2022

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David Michael Newstead

For Bill Browder, Russian Sanctions are Personal

Bill Browder’s new book, Freezing Order, is an engaging window into his decade-long campaign against Russian human rights abusers and money…

10 min readMay 2, 2022

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For Bill Browder, Russian Sanctions are Personal

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David Michael Newstead

Journalism is Vital, So Why Can’t We Remember Any of It?

The Trump years sparked a frenzy of reporting. For essentially half a decade, the U.S. was awash in passionate op-ed pieces, exposés, and a…

4 min readJan 6, 2022

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David Michael Newstead

Anne Sebba Explores an American Tragedy

Biographer Anne Sebba recently joined me to discuss her latest book, Ethel Rosenberg: An American Tragedy, where she creates a nuanced…

9 min readDec 1, 2021

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Anne Sebba Explores an American Tragedy

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David Michael Newstead

Save the Deli, Revisited

In 2009, author David Sax explored the cultural significance of delis in his book, Save the Deli: In Search of Perfect Pastrami, Crusty…

7 min readNov 9, 2021

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Save the Deli, Revisited

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David Michael Newstead

“Strange Fruit” On Trial

“Why did you write Strange Fruit?” The question wasn’t innocuous and it wasn’t the opening to a conversation about art or civil rights. On…

6 min readSep 8, 2021

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David Michael Newstead

Strange Fruit in America

This interview was originally posted in 2016.

17 min readAug 31, 2021

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David Michael Newstead

Summer of ‘96

The summer before my Dad died was memorable, because it felt so normal. I think it stands out now because it was just at the end of one…

3 min readJul 19, 2021

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David Michael Newstead

David Michael Newstead

David Michael Newstead is a blogger at the Philosophy of Shaving, a short story writer, and biographer of civil rights songwriter Abel Meeropol.

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