Ross Barkan

An award-winning author and journalist, Ross is a contributing writer to the New York Times Magazine and a columnist for New York Magazine. He also regularly contributes columns to Crain’s and The New Statesman. His latest novel, Glass Century, will be published in May 2025.

His journalism and essays have appeared in a wide variety of publications, including the New York Times, The Atlantic, the Guardian, and the New Yorker, among others. Washington Post columnist Shadi Hamid called him “consistently one of the most interesting and original writers of his generation.”

In both 2017 and 2019, he was the recipient of the New York Press Club’s award for distinguished newspaper commentary. He now teaches journalism at NYU. He also created a popular Substack newsletter on politics and culture. You can subscribe here.