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Saint Louis University Craft Talks series: A Conversation with Edward McPherson. (Recorded 11.6.2020.)

Writer Edward McPherson offers this meditation on the enduring symbolism of living in the shadow of the arch. (From the NPR show "To the Best of Our Knowledge.")

Edward McPherson read at Trinity College on May 17, 2018.

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Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View named one of the Best Books of 2025 by St. Louis Public Radio

An interview with Edward McPherson featured in an episode of the “Smarty Pants” podcast from the American Scholar

A review and interview about Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch

Edward McPherson awarded the Provost’s Faculty Research Excellence Award at 2025 Global Research Showcase at Washington University in St. Louis

Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View receives a starred review in Publishers Weekly

Edward McPherson named a 2023 Guggenheim Fellow by the John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation

The History of the Future wins the PEN Southwest Book Award in creative nonfiction

The History of the Future picked by Curtis Sittenfeld in The Guardian as a best book of 2017

The History of the Future a best of 2017 pick from Iowa Public Radio

The History of the Future a best of 2017 pick from fields magazine

The Austin American-Statesman highlights The History of the Future after Texas Book Festival

Interview in Midwestern Gothic

John Irving weighs in on The History of the Future.

Interview in Essay Daily: "It Starts with Curiosity: a Conversation with David LeGault and Edward McPherson"

The History of the Future: review in NewPages

The History of the Future: review in Rain Taxi

The History of the Future: review in the Los Angeles Review

The History of the Future: review in Lively Arts

Radio interview on June 6: "St. Louis on the Air"

The History of the Future: review in Booklist

Serialized book excerpt in the Dallas Morning News: Part 1, Part 2, Part 3

The History of the Future: review in the Star Tribune

Interview in Salon: "Five Authors Break Down the Secret Lives of Their Books"

The History of the Future: review in Publishers Weekly

Book excerpt in Guernica: "Three Minutes to Midnight"

Book excerpt in Literary Hub: "Contemplating Human Extinction, Deep in the Badlands"

Book excerpt in the Gettysburg Review: "Picking Bones in the Badlands"

An excerpt from Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View published in Lit Hub, which also named it as one of the best book covers of October

Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View praised in the Pittsburgh Review of Books

Review of Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View published in the Common Reader

Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View reviewed in WORLD

An interview with Edward McPherson published in Shelf Awareness

Review of Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View published in the Hong Kong Review.

Interview with Edward McPherson published in the Hong Kong Review.

Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View chosen as one of the best book covers of Fall 2025 by PRINT magazine

Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View listed in The Millions’ Great Fall 2025 Book Preview

Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View listed in Our Culture mag’s Fall 2025 Preview

Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View listed in Publishers Weekly’s Fall 2025 Preview

Cover revealed for Look Out: The Delight and Danger of Taking the Long View (coming in October)

Edward McPherson interviewed in the Door County Pulse.

The History of the Future: review in the Common Reader.

The History of the Future named a finalist for the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award in nonfiction.

The History of the Future: review in The Arkansas Times.

Edward McPherson awarded a 2018 Artist Fellowship from the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis

Essay in the Common Reader: "Turtles All the Way Down"

Short story, "Telref," included in new Pushcart Prize Anthology: Love Stories for Turbulent Times.

The History of the Future: review in the Georgia Review

The History of the Future: review in the Los Angeles Review of Books

Interview for Washington University Faculty Book Talk

Short story, "Sky-Stormers of the Llano Estacado," published in the Southern Review

The History of the Future: review in Heavy Feather Review

Audio essay on NPR show "To the Best of Our Knowledge"

The History of the Future listed in St. Louis Magazine's 2017 "Year in Culture"

The History of the Future recommended in the Kenyon Review's summer reading list

The History of the Future the June pick for Milkweed Books subscription series

Article on live taping of NPR show "To the Best of Our Knowledge"

The History of the Future: review in the Post-Dispatch

The Loft Podcast: A Conversation with Edward McPherson

The History of the Future: review in Kirkus Reviews

Book excerpt in True Story: "How to Survive an Atomic Bomb"

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