Jeff Fleischer

The new Synchronous issue of the annual PacificREVIEW from San Diego State University is out, and it includes my short story “Helium.” It’s also available to purchase. An excerpt: “They don’t do it anymore,” Lucy explained. “It was bad for the birds. They used to choke.” “On the cards?” Abbi asked. She always had questions. […]

Got a nice Votes of Confidence review today from the blog The One and Only Marfalfa, which focuses on exactly the kind of reader who is often ill-served by civics book (and who I had in mind when I first pitched the book). An excerpt: I’ve never been much of a political person and my […]

Just like we did for the original 2016 edition, my publisher and I put together a teaching guide for the Votes of Confidence 2nd Edition, as a free resource to help teachers and librarians use the book as part of a civics or history curriculum and to help students prepare for Election 2020. Finished this […]

Always nice to see your book on a best-seller list, and according to West End Word, the Votes of Confidence 2nd Edition was a best-seller in St. Louis this week, thanks to the efforts of Left Bank Books.

Four years ago, I did my first Votes of Confidence book launch at the Book Cellar in Lincoln Square. So when it came time to do a Chicago launch for the Votes of Confidence 2nd Edition, it was an event tonight at the Book Cellar. Given the uncertainty around the novel coronavirus, which means my […]

To celebrate the launch of Votes of Confidence 2nd Edition, the publisher (Lerner Books) had me do a Q&A about the 2020 election. They asked some good questions about electability, voter suppression, electronic voting, etc. Check it out.

Had my first-ever St. Louis book event at Left Bank Books, featuring an interview by Gabe Fleisher of Wake Up to Politics followed by an hour or so of audience Q&A. It was a really fun event, and a great way to kick off the 2nd Edition. I also signed a bunch of “Votes of […]