Dan Friedman

Dan Friedman is a writer and digital consultant working with organizations including HIAS and the Center for Countering Digital Hate. Subscribe to his Voice of Reason.

Articles

Flow Incarnate: On Mark Yakich’s “Football”
Pickup soccer games are the world’s true social media.
Dan FriedmanFeb 18, 2022
- Sports
The World Is Our Oyster — and Beyond
Dan Friedman enjoys the tales in “The Best of World SF: Volume 1,” edited by Lavie Tidhar.
Dan FriedmanAug 28, 2021
- SF
The Notorious RBG Is Gone, But Her Fight Continues
Dan Friedman reviews “Justice, Justice, Thou Shalt Pursue: A Life’s Work Fighting for a More Perfect Union” by Ruth Bader Ginsburg and Amanda L. Tyler.
Dan FriedmanMar 28, 2021
- Law
The Death of the Future: On Nnedi Okorafor’s “Remote Control”
Dan Friedman reviews Nnedi Okorafor’s new book, “Remote Control.”
Dan FriedmanJan 23, 2021
- SF
In the Shadow of Litani
A darkly fantastic novel of Jewish life in Warsaw on the eve of the Holocaust.
Dan FriedmanOct 8, 2020
- Around the World
- Fiction
A Means to an End: On Mary Oppen’s “Meaning a Life: An Autobiography”
Dan Friedman finds meaning in “Meaning a Life,” the autobiography of Mary Oppen.
Dan FriedmanJun 24, 2020
- Biography & Autobiography
- Poetry
Dave Barry and the Jews
It’s funny, yes, but is it good for the Jews?
Dan FriedmanDec 15, 2019
- Nonfiction
- Religion
An Exquisite Cacophony: On Jay Wexler’s “Our Non-Christian Nation”
Dan Friedman reviews Jay Wexler's new book, "Our Non-Christian Nation."
Dan FriedmanJul 29, 2019
The Chinese Men at the Heart of America’s First Modern Wonder
"They did the work by hand, including, legendarily, lowering each other down in baskets by ropes to place explosives as they cut through the Sierra Nevada."
Dan FriedmanMay 10, 2019
A Raucous Festival: On Matt Richtel’s “An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives”
Dan Friedman appreciates “An Elegant Defense: The Extraordinary New Science of the Immune System: A Tale in Four Lives” by Matt Richtel.
Dan FriedmanMar 12, 2019
- Nonfiction
- Science & Technology
A Literary Lineup for the World Cup
Dan Friedman offers a list of books for those obsessed or perplexed by the World Cup.
Dan FriedmanJun 21, 2018
- Around the World
- Sports
The Words We Don’t Use: On Eviatar Zerubavel’s “Taken for Granted: The Remarkable Power of the Unremarkable”
Dan Friedman parses “Taken for Granted: The Remarkable Power of the Unremarkable” by Eviatar Zerubavel.
Dan FriedmanMay 23, 2018
- Cultural Studies
Framing Our World: On Vanda Krefft’s “The Man Who Made the Movies: The Meteoric Rise and Tragic Fall of William Fox”
Dan Friedman unreels “The Man Who Made the Movies,” a biography of William Fox by Vanda Krefft.
Dan FriedmanMar 15, 2018
Trickle-Down Loneliness: A Natural by Ross Raisin
Dan Friedman reviews "A Natural," the latest novel from from Ross Raisin.
Dan FriedmanDec 27, 2017
Star-Crossed Cavies: A Guinea Pig Romeo & Juliet
Dan Friedman discusses the newest from Guinea Pig Classics: "A Guinea Pig Romeo & Juliet."
Dan FriedmanSep 27, 2017
The Robots Are Coming! (They’re Already Here)
Dan Friedman reviews “The Clockwork Dynasty,” the latest novel by futurist Daniel H. Wilson.
Dan FriedmanAug 3, 2017
- SF