Nathaniel Popkin is a writer, editor, historian, journalist, and the author or editor of seven books. His three novels and three books of nonfiction interrogate memory and loss with moral complexity and intellectual range.

In addition to these books, Popkin is the co-editor (with Stephanie Feldman) of an anthology, Who Will Speak for America? (2018), which brings together a range of exceptional literary voices in response to the crisis in American civic life.

Popkin was co-founder of the web magazine Hidden City Daily and was the founding reviews editor of Cleaver Magazine. His literary criticism and essays have appeared in The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Gulf Coast, Kenyon Review, LitHub, Tablet, Public Books, and Rain Taxi, among many other publications.