METROPOLITANS release week!

METROPOLITANS release week!

From This Wreckage by Sean KB and AP Andy

March 30, 2026 · 1h 8m · Episode 328

About this episode

The episode discusses the release of the book METROPOLITANS, exploring its themes and upcoming launch events.

Everybody preorder Metropolitans now!!!! One of the longest and weirdest baseball books ever written, METROPOLITANS is a marxist history of America’s pastime in which the Mets serve a messianic main character. Check out this excerpt , this interview , or this Adam Gopnik New Yorker review . PREORDER from Penguin , Bookshop.org , Amazon and/or find me at one of the following launch events: April 1: Official book launch! w/ Bradford William Davis at Powerhouse Arena in DUMBO, Brooklyn (Ticketing information: https://powerhousearena.com/events/book-launch-metropolitans-by-a-m-gittlitz/ ) April 3: Release celebration at Lou’s Athletic Club in Bushwick more info: https://www.instagram.com/p/DWPKFCQCp5r/ April 4: Tabling with Books and Rooks at Ft. Green Farmer’s Market around 11am April 12: Paper Moon in Troy, NY April 13: B&N in Albany April 16: B&N Brooklyn with Noah Kulwin! https://stores.barnesandnoble.com/event/9780062206054-0 April 20: B&N in Carle's place LI with Greg Prince April 27: B&N in Paramus, NJ April 30 Mets vs. Yankees debate at Le Pere on 90 Orchard St., moderated by Mattie Lubchansky! More info will be posted at Astra House’s IG Monologue adapted…

People in this episode

Hosts: Sean KB, AP Andy

Topics covered

  • book launch
  • baseball history
  • Mets
  • Marxism
  • literature
  • events
  • music

Keywords

  • METROPOLITANS
  • baseball
  • Mets
  • book launch
  • Marxist history
  • events
  • literature

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Penguin, Bookshop.org, Amazon, Astra House, B&N

Books & works: METROPOLITANS, Ode to the Mets, Get Metsmerized

Places: DUMBO, Brooklyn, Bushwick, Ft. Green Farmer’s Market, Troy, NY, Albany, Carle's place LI, Paramus, NJ, 90 Orchard St.

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