The paperback edition of Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood goes on sale one week from today and I’m excited at the prospect of actually… Read more »
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Talking American Nations and Union on the Passing Judgment podcast
I recently sat down, virtually, with Jessica Levinson, director of the Loyola Law School Public Service Institute, to talk about American Nations, the crisis facing U.S. democracy, and some of… Read more »
Colin Woodward interviews Colin Woodard
What are the chances that there would be two American historians of U.S. history with the names “Colin Woodward” and “Colin Woodard”? The observable evidence suggests the answer is “very… Read more »
Where to find signed books in coastal Maine, March 31 edition
More than a year into the pandemic I was realizing that I haven’t set foot south of Portsmouth, New Hampshire since February 2020, despite having a book come out. But… Read more »
United States’ myth of nationhood is all-important, but it carries a curse
The United States needs its national myth of shared nationhood more than most countries because it’s almost the only thing that has held our rival regional cultures together. But,… Read more »
Regarding Maine on the occasion of its 200th anniversary of statehood, in the Boston Globe
Maine turned 200 this year, but the Bicentennial celebrations were cancelled by the pandemic, with Gov. Mills spending the official birthday, March 15, advising Mainers to lockdown to prevent… Read more »
UNION named a Best Non-fiction Book of 2020 by the Christian Science Monitor
My thanks to the Christian Science Monitor‘s book reviewers for naming Union: The Struggle to Forge the Story of United States Nationhood as a Best Non-Fiction Book of 2020. The… Read more »
Speaking about Union and how the U.S. survives via Trinity Wall Street, Nov 12
Before the pandemic struck, I was looking forward to traveling to lower Manhattan this week to speak as part of Trinity Wall Street Church’s Trinity Commons series. But things are… Read more »
Talking with CBC-Nova Scotia about the 400-year backstory to the 2020 election
The rest of the world is trying to understand what’s going on with the United States and its (currently not quite resolved) election. So I very much enjoyed sharing the… Read more »
Talking American Nations and the 2020 election with Denmark’s Zetland Magasin
The world is watching as the U.S. staggers towards the highest stakes election since the 1870s Tuesday, and some reporters have been drawn to American Nations, American Character, Union and… Read more »
COLIN WOODARD is a New York Times bestselling author and award-winning journalist. He is the author of six books that have been translated into a dozen foreign languages and inspired an NBC television drama. He is currently Director of Nationhood Lab at the Pell Center for International Relations and Public Affairs at Salve Regina University. As State and National Affairs Writer at the Portland Press Herald and Maine Sunday Telegram he won a 2012 George Polk Award and was a finalist for a Pulitzer Prize in 2016. He is a contributing editor at POLITICO and his work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, The Economist, Smithsonian and dozens of other major publications.