Colette Shade
Praise for Y2K
Book Tour
1/8/2025 • 7:00 PM • Baltimore, MD
In conversation with Osita Nwanevu
at Greedy Reads
1/9/25 • 6:30 PM • New York, NY
In conversation with Vinson Cunnigham,
John Ganz, and Jeremy Gordon
at McNally Jackson Seaport
1/15/25 • 6:00 PM • New Haven, CT
Event with the Yale Register at Yale College
1/17/25 • 7:00 PM • Cambridge, MA
In conversation with Moira Weigel
at Harvard Bookstore
1/24/25 • 7:00 PM • San Francisco, CA
In conversation with Joanne McNeil
at Green Apple Books on the Park
2/1/25 • 6:00 PM • Washington, DC
In conversation with Kyndall Cunningham
at Politics & Prose Union Market
2/6/25 • 7:00 PM • Baltimore, MD
Hidden Palace reading series at Fadensonnen
6/19/25 • 4:30 PM • Amsterdam, NL
University of Amsterdam
6/23/25 • 3:00 PM • Groningen, NL
University of Groningen
9/14/25 • 1:00 PM • Baltimore, MD
Baltimore Book Festival
About
I write narrative nonfiction, personal essays, and
cultural criticism. I’ve also published straight reporting, interviews, and op-eds. I specialize in writing about the history and culture of the Y2K era as well as the politics of nostalgia. My work has been published by Teen Vogue, Interview Magazine, The New Republic, The Baffler, The Nation, and Gawker.
I’m always accepting pitches for relevant projects.
For all other professional inquiries, please contact my agent Erik Hane at Headwater Literary Management.
The New York Times
Review: Remember Body Glitter and Chat Rooms? ‘Y2K’ Won’t Let You Forget.
The Washington Post
Review: Y2K’ Recalls an Era When We Dreamed of Leaving History Behind
Harper's
Review: New Books, January 2025
NPR
Interview: A new book examines millennial nostalgia and the economic consequences of Y2K
Bloomberg
Interview: What It Felt Like When Everyone Was Hopeful, Happy, and Rich
The New Republic
Review: The 2000s and the End of American Optimism
CBC Day 6
Interview: Colette Shade says the 2000s were full of optimism. 25 years later, she feels let down
Y2K In The Media
Chapo Trap House
Podcast Interview
Bustle
January 2025 Book Club Pick & Interview
C-Span BookTV
Interview at Greedy Reads Boookstore
Harper's Bazaar
The 28 Most Highly-Anticipated Books of 2025
Esquire
The 20 Most Anticipated Books of 2025
British GQ
The New Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2025
The Wall Street Journal
Article about Y2K nostalgia
Publisher's Weekly
Starred Review
Booklist
Starred Review
La Repubblica
Colette Shade: “Ecco perché abbiamo tanta nostalgia degli anni 2000”
My Uncle Got Rich in the Dot Com Bubble
User Mag, January 2025
The Future That Never Came
Slate, January 2025
The Great Recession: What Happened and How the Aftermath Explains Trump’s Political Success
Teen Vogue, December 2024
25 Years Ago, the Battle of Seattle Showed Us What Democracy Looks Like
The Nation, November 2024
Elon Musk Has Always Been Like This. So Has Silicon Valley.
The New Republic, November 2024
Alex Kazemi on Columbine, content warnings and New Millennium Boyz
Interview Magazine, September 2023
The radical cheek of 'Chapo Trap House'
Pacific Standard, November 2016
"They were amazing soldiers": Interview with a Confederate reenactor
Gawker, June 2015
"Baltimore is a shithole": Undisturbed peace at the Maryland Hunt Cup
Gawker, April 2015
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