Gary Shteyngart

A who-cares attitude toward child rape, sexual assault and trafficking have become a kind of litmus test for the GOP.

This fall I’m doing a lot of research on linguine con vongole. Pictured here, the sample at @giobatta.tivoli

Back to NYC for a chilled red, a warm snout and the bocadillo Bar Jamon.

On garyshteyngart.substack.com I consume 70,000 calories in Paris.

I’m in Syracuse and the Pastabilities are endless. Drop by the Crouse Hinds Theater tonight at 7:30 if you want to hear me rant.

In Vincennes, there is a lovely photo of me after I was first infected by the cordyceps virus.

Are you a Parisian? Do you like literature of the American sort? Please make the harrowing journey to Vincennes this weekend to hear me and other American writers discuss how it all went wrong.

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, I return to New York and head straight to @passerinenyc

Is it over? It can’t be over

I love merkins. And the headcheese sandwich at Merkin in Hudson is mwah!

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, I head to @yamadanyc and @tivoli_general to check out two amazing tasting menus. Please come along!

Them were the days

Still my favorite green dish, goat cheese gnudi in a porcini kale sauce at @giobatta.tivoli

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, I talk about what it feels like to get into the compact yellow magazine that meant so much to Leetl Immigrant Gari. I also mention the two other magazines that inspired childhood me, only one of which is safe for work.

The triple-decker with fried chicken and kasha mit egg at @kingstonbread is yum!

One of the reasons I chose to live upstate are restaurants like @swoonkitchenbar which showed up in Hudson over two decades ago. They haven’t lost a beat. Insane fried artichokes, silky salmon pate, the best local cheeses, kimchi dumplings…it’s like coming home.

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, The Shteyn Also Rises as I head over to the @svwriters in Idaho to have some “damned good” Hemingwayesque fun with some delightful martini-friendly folk.

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, I head over to Hudson to eat my weight in knishes and torment an urban groundhog.

Vera being discussed at an academic conference at the University of London.

Vera the paperback is out today! Lovely little review from the @nytimes Paperback Row. This smaller version will fit beautifully into a beach bag. Suntan oil and martini shaker sold separately.

Which state does this piece of cheese look like?

In the print version of the @nytimes today, me and my kid hit the road.

Unemployed summer dachshund. Bear attack? Whatever.

The Sensualist is now available for pre-order at B&N at a sensual discount. Capy needs you!

Some thoughts on last week’s appearance on the Ezra Klein show on garyshteyngart.substack.com

Happy papa day to the fatherish types. Ham pinching courtesy of @tivoli_general

That was fun!

Love ya, Mary!

I visit Monticello with my son for the Times. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/t...

My voice is super American, according to Mark Twain.

Phillipe Stern, 1938-2026. He kept Patek’s golden age going for another two decades.

Which is the best season of the year? garyshteyngart.substack.com provides the obvious answer.

Animalologists, what is this fella whose family likes to hang out by my pool called?

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, I pay tribute to the career of Frank Dostoyevsky, Fyodor’s American-raised twin and author of the now-forgotten classic Crime and Hamburger.

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, I respond with gluttony and trepidation to the new Times’ 100 Best Restaurants list. I’ve only eaten at 37 of these places, so this year may well be my last. 🪦 Check out my strategies and edible hopes and dreams.

Hoover up my conversation (get it?) with the great @molly_antopol at 6pm at Levinthal Hall

Just landed at Palo Alto Multinational Airfield. Please come to my reading tomorrow. Please come tomorrow. creees.stanford.edu/events/convers…

Stanfordians! i’m coming to tawk at Levinthal Hall at 6pm this Wednesday. Will weave baskets whilst on shrooms, too.

The final day of my humor seminar at Columbia. My alcohol-forward pedagogy inspired a student to make a whole jug of delicious Manhattans!

On garyshteyngart.substack.com I make a persuasive case against having Mondays. The six-day week is the future of humanity. Let’s raise a glass to it!

COVER REVEAL! My first book of essays collects some of my favorite writing on capybaras, blue suits, cruise ships, watches, and food, food, food. And the cover features a happy capy enjoying his martini, all gussied up for a night on the town. The book comes out on November 10th.

Must follow this very special dog all over manhattan.

The gastronomic desert that it is Morningside has been saved by Hinds Hall, a branch of the always yummy @ayat.nyc tree. Look at that beautiful mansaf!

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, I catch up on some much-needed drinking.

On garyshteyngart.substack.com I investigate how a writer is like a dog and vice versa.

There is A LOT happening in this photo taken at @ambassadorsclubhousenyc. Only @priyakrishna could capture it all.

On garyshteyngart.substack.com, me and the great @tharealedpark take Tucson’s public transport to the max for the latest installment of what we’re starting to call “Harold and Boris Go to White Castle.”

The show “Doing the Fuck, St. Louis” is really putting The Gateway City on the map.

My new novel “Gary’s New Novel Was This Result Helpful to You?” is in big trouble.