Meghan Daum

Writing a Book About the Trump Era Devoured My Life

You try writing a current affairs book in our bonkers news environment without tossing out hundreds of pages

Meghan Daum

Oct 16, 2019·9 min read

An illustration of an open book featuring a woman, with hundreds of individual letters scattered across on and off the page — Illustration: Leonardo Santamaria

I spent the last three years writing a 221-page book. That comes out to roughly one page every five days, something around 300 words a week. Impressive!