Mark Chiusano Mark Chiusano is the author of The Fabulist, a George Santos biography, and the story collection Marine Park, a PEN/Hemingway Award honorable mention. He is a former Newsday columnist, and his writing has appeared in places like The New York Times, New York, Politico, and The Paris Review.

Stumped | Why Write (or Read) a Campaign Book?

Mark Chiusano

When Donald Trump summoned Chris Christie to the White House in 2018 to offer him a job as chief of staff, Trump’s most pressing question had to do not with background checks or political alignment, but with Christie’s new book, Let Me Finish. More specifically, Trump wanted to know: was it critical of him? “The book is honest about you,” Christie said, adding that the book disparaged people close to...