Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! Let me tell you about the special kind of monster that publishing a book turned me into. So, first: I’ve always loved books; I’ve always loved bookstores; my vision of Heaven is a Scholastic Book Fair where

Well, it’s the last day of 2020 and you know what that means: it’s time to put all of my energy into thinking about one of the least important questions in a superhero movie. I am hearing rumors that there were perhaps some things that happened in 2020

I’ve been thinking a lot about the radio host Delilah after listening to a podcast about her show’s profound effect. I don’t think I ever called into Delilah but, growing up in the 80s and 90s I definitely did my fair share of song requesting, mixtape making,

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! When I was 7, I met my second nemesis. I do not know my second nemesis’s name, I barely remember anything about her save for our one contentious encounter, but I will spend the rest of my life

This is the Wednesday discussion thread. Normally, it will only come to paid subscribers, but I’m opening it to everyone until the end of the year. Let’s chat! Look, I am not trying to get into the discourse around Die Hard vis-a-vis whether it is a Christmas movie

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Dionne Warwick is the online oracle of our year; Pole worker scandals; and taking Flight on NPR. Let me tell you: I am in a state. As most of you know, I left ELLE.com this week

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: chaos at the sequin factory and a farewell to ELLE.com Subscribe now [https://letter.rericthomas.com/subscribe] Having spent many decades thinking about it, I have come to the conclusion that there is no piece of

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: A shockingly not-shocking White House Christmas Look, I don’t have a problem with the gingerbread house industrial complex; I just have a couple of very pointed questions. I would like to be a congressperson for one

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: a meeting that should have been an email that should have been an ascertainment [https://bit.ly/3fLA07W]. My mother tells this story about my father’s father (Adelita’s husband, for those of you who read

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: We get the tree we deserve [https://bit.ly/3kUoV5I], and once again I am shocked by true historical events from recent history on The Crown [https://bit.ly/3fq3DvG]. A couple days ago, I was searching

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Trump v. reality. [https://bit.ly/3luvGfs] Sundays, I’ve discovered, are when the crows descend on my house. Perhaps this sounds foreboding. That’s because it is foreboding. Sunday morning crows show up bright and early

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!! Also, the Moonlight [https://bit.ly/36ftLVH] election, Trump locks himself [https://bit.ly/3588aiy] in White House, and everybody’s talking about someone named The Count [https://bit.ly/3p3gV5s]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- OH HELLO HOW ARE

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Mariah Carey [https://bit.ly/3kNmsdQ] is patron saint of Not Yet Season and the Kardashians [https://bit.ly/3jLUspM] at their most relatable. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LOCATE A BALLOT DROPBOX [https://www.vote.org/dropbox-locator/]VOTER PROTECTION HOTLINES

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: the Moon [https://bit.ly/3dUd4Tf]: what does it want from us and why?; Maxine and the meme [https://bit.ly/2HBoWh0]; Chris-course takes over Hollywood [https://bit.ly/3kun5Jl]; and the last trip to Lovecraft Country

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: the real monster [https://bit.ly/3je3awG] in Lovecraft Country and the real monster [https://bit.ly/2T2enG9] on the debate stage. David and I celebrated our fourth wedding anniversary this week with dinner at home and

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Aaaagh, part deux. Plus, there was another debate [https://bit.ly/2SKSmLJ]? Trump is immune to reality [https://bit.ly/3iMBVJn], and another visit to Lovecraft Country [https://bit.ly/3iRtNqW]. For reasons unknown to me I

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: AAAAGH. Also: Katie Porter’s portable Whiteboard of Justice wins the day [https://bit.ly/3nkiXgD], there was a debate? [https://bit.ly/2HOc7Qe], and returning Trump’s taxes [https://bit.ly/3lebBtj]. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hmm. Can you

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: I interviewed an Emmy winner [https://bit.ly/2FXN64O] about thirst tweets, in praise of laugh tracks [https://bit.ly/346Q6Ur], and won’t someone think of the poor senators [https://bit.ly/342u5WO]. Somehow in our

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: rewatching Watchmen [https://bit.ly/3cf7vOp]; Gladys and Patti are the best thing that ever happened to me [https://bit.ly/3hLQOLG]; teacher TikTok is terrific; Lovecraft Country [https://bit.ly/32Mwwx3] does a body swap episode.

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Thank [https://bit.ly/2ZBkk0h]you [https://bit.ly/2ZBkk0h]for being a friend, Tracee Ellis Ross [https://bit.ly/2ZBkk0h]; plus another journey into Lovecraft Country. Some members of David’s church were asking for our

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: an in-depth interview with Chasten Buttigieg and another dispatch from Lovecraft Country. So, the long and short of it is that I just wanted to save $75 and eat a burger. The American Dream! But like the

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Reporting live from Lovecraft Country plus I was in TODAY! We finally moved into our house yesterday so that means I am writing to you from our back porch, staring at the woods, waiting to become the

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Steve Bannon got yacht rocked [https://bit.ly/2EiSAWS]; Michelle Obama once again clanged the Liberty Bell [https://bit.ly/32oPHfk]; I have another doppelgänger. Welcome to new subscribers! Every week I round up my most recent

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! One of my best qualities is that I am extremely suspicious and also deeply gullible. I would say this is evidence that I contain multitudes but really I just contain two tudes. One is this GIF: And the other

Hi! It's R. Eric Thomas. From the internet? Hi! This week: Shiny happy people everywhere?? [https://bit.ly/3fCJzo8] I don’t know how to explain this but I just feel like hummingbirds are too nosey. No shade to the hummingbird community at large (at small?); I like