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New York Times sports reporter. Author of The Last Cowboys (May 2018, order now, ) and Boy on Ice. Instagram dabbler.

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    29 Mar 2017

    Truth, in advertising.

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  2. 8 hours ago

    Don't know what's more extraordinary -- the information presented here or how it was collected/analyzed over 15 months. Incredible reporting by . You'll never think of ISIS the same way again.

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  3. 10 hours ago

    I'm in a storytelling mood. Who's in?

    It's Thursday, and I was just talking to my pal , so how about another little thread about the making of , which features Josh's photo on the cover? It's about me riding a horse. Yes? Good.
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  4. 11 hours ago

    50 years ago, only the had a reporter, Earl Caldwell, at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis as MLK stayed upstairs. A shot rang out. Caldwell ran to the dying man's side. "Write. Write everything you see."

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  5. 12 hours ago

    Also worth noting: The Thompson Twins had three members.

    Worth noting: Klay's older brother, Mychel, already lives with Klay. So, all three Thompson brothers will be under the same roof.
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    14 hours ago

    Ahem. Rukmini Callimachi, , and HER team indeed faced great danger to deliver this reporting on ISIS.

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  7. 13 hours ago

    I’m a natural. Marlboro called after this.

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    Two can play this game.... Here's a view of as we reported the Wright family story on horseback.
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  8. 13 hours ago

    Did I mention that -- yes, Susan Orlean! -- called it "a gorgeously written narrative" and "American portraiture at its best?" She did. I can't beat that, so I'll let that be the last word. Giddy up.

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  9. 13 hours ago

    And a big shoutout to the Wrights, for putting up with me for several years, and to for publishing the book.

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  10. 13 hours ago

    That story is not part of it, but lots of others are. I hope you'll get to know this incredible (and funny) family when the book arrives at stores on May 15. Thanks for paying attention to my ramble. More info at

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  11. 13 hours ago

    I did. The first two hardback copies just arrived to my doorstep.

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  12. 13 hours ago

    My kids still laugh at the memory, and I remind Bill of it from time to time when I talk to him. I thought, that won't make the book, if I live long enough to finish it.

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  13. 13 hours ago

    I know everyone was laughing then.Turns out Bill, who always put me on the oldest, slowest, kindest horse, put me on a different one this time. It was a barrel-racing horse.

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  14. 13 hours ago

    In my memory, when I fought the G forces to turn my head enough to see their faces, they were laughing. Finally, the horse stopped. My heart fell out of my mouth.

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  15. 13 hours ago

    I screamed "whoooooooaaaaaaa" as loud as I could and pulled the reins as hard as I could and tried not to die, which I thought I might. We ran right past a big group of Wrights. There's always a big group of Wrights. It's a big family.

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  16. 13 hours ago

    And without much warning, I swear, the horse just takes off. Went from trot to gallop to feet on fire. I'm pretty sure it reached speeds of 140 mph. That's what it felt like, at least.

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  17. 13 hours ago

    Still with me? At one point, my kids want me to come with them. So Bill puts me on a horse. And I'm riding around, nervously, following my kids across this beautiful, open, sagebrush-filled landscape.

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  18. 13 hours ago

    And they're getting lessons from Bill Wright. Is there a better teacher? He used to run mule trains into the Grand Canyon, and his sons are world champs at staying on horses trying to buck you off. You'll read about it all.

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  19. 13 hours ago

    My son is riding horses for the first time. My daughter has done it at camp, but not where you can just go anywhere.

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  20. 13 hours ago

    Anyway, we're at Bone Hollow, and the day's work is done, and my kids are loving -- loving! -- their time with the Wrights, a huge, welcoming family of kind and funny people.

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  21. 13 hours ago

    The Wrights have worked the land at Smith Mesa for 150 years. It's right outside Zion. Check out the backdrop in this picture of Jesse Wright that I just posted on Instagram.

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