Sarah Kendzior is the New York Times bestselling author of Hiding in Plain Sight and The View from Flyover Country. She is known for her reporting on St. Louis, her coverage of the 2016 election, and her academic research on authoritarian states. She is the co-host of the acclaimed podcast Gaslit Nation with Andrea Chalupa and was named by Foreign Policy as one of the "100 people you should be following on Twitter to make sense of global events." Her reporting has been featured in many publications, including Politico, Slate, The Atlantic, Fast Company, The Chicago Tribune, TeenVogue, The Globe and Mail, and The New York Times. She lives in St. Louis.
"[They Knew] is good medicine. Sarah Kendzior is not looking to
entertain anyone here -- the stakes are too high. And no spoonful
of sugar to help it all go down -- straight no chaser, blunt, to
the point, looking straight at it."
--John Cusack "I am hurtling through They Knew with a wonderful mix
of admiration, writerly envy, and the deep satisfaction that comes
with realizing that there are good, brilliant people out there
still fighting the good fight... It's such a relief to hear someone
point out the obvious in such a clear, confident, unarguable
way."
--Sebastian Junger, New York Times bestselling author of The
Perfect Storm
"They Knew is a must read. Sarah Kendzior is like the Joan Didion
of Missouri."
--Rachel Dodes, coauthor of The Memo
"An extraordinarily insightful explanation of what history will
remember as our era of insanity. In a year of a lot of great books
this one is outstanding. She is a brilliant writer. It's both
catharsis and vicarious vent! Essential."
--Stevie Van Zandt
"From Norman Baker to Jeffrey Epstein, Iran-Contra to January 6,
Sarah Kendzior's forthcoming book, THEY KNEW, deftly separates fact
from fiction in a conspiracy-addled nation."
--Vanity Fair "The pathos of truth-seeking left me thinking of
Herman Melville. I can't remember the last time I read a book where
every sentence delivered."
--Timothy Snyder "The book convenes a crucial conversation about
the distinction between conspiracies and conspiracy theories -- and
how each term plays out in our common life....If "They Knew" was a
concept album, it would unite multiple musical genres."
--Chicago Tribune "An eye-opening look at the forces behind those
attempting to undermine democracy, create political division and
protect the criminal and political elite from prosecution and
responsibility. You will walk away with a greater understanding of
how D.C. really works, and along with informing you, it may also
scare you a little."
--Town & Style "Her writing raises points worth discussing and
dissecting, in ways that can make readers stop and think and come
up with conclusions that may make sense -- but aren't always easy
to accept."
--St-Louis Post Dispatch "Kendzior chooses her examples of embedded
crime with the skill of a brain surgeon - attempting a reverse
lobotomy on a mostly comatose nation."
--Wall Street on Parade "Deftly dissects the tangled truths behind
the conspiracies that intertwine American and international
politics, business, and criminality with a style reminiscent of
Ronan Farrow's Catch and Kill or Bob Woodward's recent books ...
Kendzior's compelling and urgent prose will speak to readers who
are working to make sense of the current political and social
landscapes."
--Booklist
"A sharp dissection of a culture of lies, secrets, and
conspiracies--including 'the original conspiracy theory: American
exceptionalism' .... A provocative, pointed challenge to all
Americans to dig harder for the truth."
--Kirkus Reviews
"Eye-opening... Kendzior's deep dives into recent scandals are
illuminating"
--Publishers Weekly
"A detailed look into both the appeal of conspiracy theories and
the effects that they can have on society writ large."
--InsideHook, "The 10 Books You Should Be Reading This September"
"Enormously powerful, clear-headed and convincing."
--The Straight Dope Praise for Hiding in Plain Sight "This fucking
rocks."
--Tori Amos "Flat out fantastic."
--Don Winslow "I recommend it, especially if you have any doubt
about what's at stake in this year's presidential election."
--Connie Schultz, Pulitzer Prize-winning columnist and author of
forthcoming novel The Daughters of Erietown "Sarah Kendzior, in her
brilliant new book, is one of the few journalists who grasps what
is happening."
--David Cay Johnston, New York Times bestselling author of It's
Even Worse Than You Think and Pulitzer-Prize winning journalist "An
amazing book about our current political situation and how we got
here."
--Peter Gallagher "It's brilliant and also terrifying. You can't
look away."
--Alex George, author of The Paris Hours "[Hiding in Plain Sight]
outlines how Trump's rise coincided with what [Kendzior] believes
is the degradation of the American political system and the
continual erosion of civil liberties in the country by foreign
powers, revealing just how fragile American democracy is right
now."
--International Business Times, Top 10 Best Books About Donald
Trump in 2020 "A chilling account of how the media, government, and
public have failed to hold Trump accountable, and how this has
significantly impacted U.S. democracy."
--Library Journal Review "Hiding in Plain Sight isn't just about
Trump, but about how crumbling democracies intent on rolling back
the freedoms of its citizens create perfect conditions for the rise
of dangerous autocrats."
--Bitch Magazine, 2020 Nonfiction Preview "Dazzling"
--The Chicago Daily Herald "Impeccably researched...This
comprehensive, page-turning account presents a stark and
uncompromising indictment of the Trump presidency as the
culmination of a 'decades-long erosion of American stability,
integrity, and democracy." --Publishers Weekly "If you only read
one journalistic account of Donald Trump's America make sure it is
Sarah Kendzior's Hiding in Plain Sight."
--The Socialist Review "A scathing indictment of Donald
Trump...Kendzior offers fresh views based on her experiences living
in the declining economy of the Midwest and on observations as an
academic researcher studying dictatorships in the former Soviet
Union..... A passionate call for immediate action against the
'transnational crime syndicate' that has supplanted the U.S.
government."
--Kirkus "Her highly readable and well-documented new narrative
explains the development of an elite criminal network in America,
how digital media has shaped repression and protest, and how
globalization has allowed the proliferation of organized
crime."
--National Review of Books "Sarah Kendzior brings her unique
perspective to bear in her engaging new book."
--The Arts Fuse "This is about our country. Irrelevant of whether
you consider yourself to be on the right or the left.... Sarah has
blown the whistle. The rich have gotten richer, the government has
been stripped and the powerful are ever more so. You want to
believe someone is on your page. That there's someone to listen to,
to inspire you... That's Sarah Kendzior."
--Bob Lefsetz, The Lefsetz Letter "An elegantly written,
unforgiving, trenchant bit of political analysis."
--Inside HigherEd "Sarah Kendzior's Hiding in Plain Sight should be
required reading prior to the 2020 election. It shows the decline
of American politics into the corruption that inhabits the Oval
Office today.... By giving us a clear eyed view of what we're up
against, Sarah Kendzior has given us cause to continue the
fight."
--PrimmLife Praise for The View from Flyover Country A New York
Times Bestseller
An NPR Best Book of the Year 2018 "Both prescient and
honest...seeing the roots of the arguments that now dominate cable
news is both fascinating and a little bit haunting in retrospect."
--NPR "Kendzior's prose is sharp and consistent whether the essay
is data dense or an opinion piece. She maneuvers through big issues
with a pace and clarity that makes unpalatable topics fascinating,
and unfortunately, relatable." -- Hyperallergic "The defining
journalistic account of Trump's America does complain, but it isn't
best-selling gossip fodder like Michael Wolff's Fire and Fury or
James Comey's A Higher Loyalty. It's the book from the Midwestern
journalist who barely mentions the president's name."
--Record-Eagle "Sharply written pieces about life and inequality in
middle America."
--Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel, 85 Books for Summer Reading An
academic, Midwesterner and firebrand, Kendzior crafts work that
looks unflinchingly at what ails the country." --Shelf Awareness,
starred review "It's a call to arms, highlighting the struggles of
disenfranchised, overworked, and underpaid Americans, and urging
our elected officials to recognize and address the inequalities
that have become even more pronounced since when she originally
wrote the essays." --The Village Voice "The View From Flyover
Country is well worth reading....Here is a thoughtful critic who
knows how to sound the alarm." --The Arts Fuse "Kendzior's essays
bring to light social injustice and economic inequality in Middle
America from a voice that lives there." --Medium "The talented
Kendzior...writes intelligently and with great empathy about
problems faced by the Midwest." --New York Post "Kendzior's
writing, while often concise and clever like this, is just as often
backed by statistics, attributions or an illustrative
profile...Though her message is alarming, it is softened with
compassion." --St. Louis Post-Dispatch "An astonishment and a
challenge to convention for all sorts of reasons...[One of the]
books devoted to where we really were not very long ago, where we
are now and where we might well be going. They don't mess around.
They play rough. But then the truth almost always does." --Buffalo
News "From Russia to flyover country, Sarah Kendzior might be the
voice we need." --Columbia Journalism Review "Hers is a crystalline
voice of reason and appraisal in a world that shifts further into
unrecognizable territory minute-by-minute." -- Carol Haggas,
Booklist "A collection of sharp-edged, humanistic pieces about the
American heartland...Passionate pieces that repeatedly assail the
inability of many to empathize and to humanize." -- Kirkus "Urgent
and beautifully expressed . . . What makes Kendzior's writing so
truly important [is that] it documents where the problem lies, by
somebody who lives there. Read her." --THE WIRE "Kendzior is no
psychic. She's just whip-smart and an expert on authoritarian
governments. She's also that rare writer with an analyst's brain
and an empath's heart... Though the essays are topical and
political...one senses they'll stand the test of time, just for the
beauty of the prose and the soundness of the philosophy." --STEFENE
RUSSELL, ST. LOUIS MAGAZINE
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