Longtime journalist at The New York Times, author, flaneur.https://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mjrlimb3is2pAs you no doubt remember, today is the 45th anniversary of the longest game in baseball history: a contest between the Rochester Red Wings and the home team Pawtucket Red Sox that simply would not end. There's a book about it. Raise a plastic cup of beer and thank God for baseball.18 Apr 2026 13:51 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mjrlimb3is2phttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mifabxbqwk2qCommonweal Magazine asked me to join a public conversation with the prominent medical ethicist Lydia Dugdale on the question: Why suffer? To which I responded: Why me? And: What did you expect? Here, during Holy Week, is a meditation on one of my favorite activities: suffering. Now you can too.31 Mar 2026 22:33 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mifabxbqwk2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mi37mnxxfc2jSmithy of Soul Forged. Buffalo, New York March 202627 Mar 2026 22:55 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mi37mnxxfc2jhttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mhwgwpuwd22pPlay it. Midtown Manhattan. March 202626 Mar 2026 01:22 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhwgwpuwd22phttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mhaxywdmsc2aUp the rebels! Now go read some Clare Keegan, or Billy Collins, or Alice McDermott, or Colum McCann, or, or, or. Maybe with something amber; could be tea, could be whiskey... (And a tip of the hat to the gifted photographer Jill Krementz) https://www.newyorksocialdiary.com/jill-krementz-photo-journal-celebrating-st-patricks-day-with-a-few-irish-writers/17 Mar 2026 12:29 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mhaxywdmsc2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mgnrcjrwqc2qI'll be joining the clinical ethicist Lydia Dugdale on Thursday in a conversation sponsored by Commonweal Magazine. The subject: Why do we suffer? In response, I will asking a question of my own: Why me? Free and open to the public. RSVP required to witness the continuation of my suffering.09 Mar 2026 21:09 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgnrcjrwqc2qhttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mgllhlckvs2tUnedited. Maplewood, New Jersey March 202609 Mar 2026 00:19 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mgllhlckvs2thttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mfpy6nw57c2kTo celebrate the country's 250th, the Trump administration is proposing a SECOND coin featuring the sitting president -- one of gold, of course. My story: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/25/us/trump-coins.html?unlocked_article_code=1.PFA.SLDq.xg1TlZQF3PS7&smid=bs-share26 Feb 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpy6nw57c2khttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mfpl5d2yx227A few weeks ago, from out of nowhere, I received an email from a book-club organizer who raved about my long-out-of-print memoir. I was flattered, no question. But then I received another effusive email about my books, and another, and another. Things got weird. Here's my story -- about scams!25 Feb 2026 20:59 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mfpl5d2yx227https://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3me5g3igeps2mHow do you write about a slur? My New York Times colleague Sonia A. Rao and I recently grappled with this. Here's the backstory: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/02/05/insider/reporting-slurs-journalism-best-practices.html?unlocked_article_code=1.J1A.QRul.jbptFq_Nnp10&smid=bs-share05 Feb 2026 22:15 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3me5g3igeps2mhttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mde3fdjnzc26The R-Word has returned with a vengeance. In recent months it has been used by President Trump, various right-wing influencers, and Justice Department official in charge of civil rights. If the term is known to be offensive, the question then is: Why? Why use it? My story, with Sonia Rao. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/26/us/r-word-slur-disability.html?unlocked_article_code=1.HVA.gExw.ezOsjfhYy_da&smid=bs-share26 Jan 2026 20:27 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mde3fdjnzc26https://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mbqz5bwcdk2dFive years after the Capitol riot, and nearly a year after President Trump granted clemency to those who attacked police officers, vandalized the landmark, and disrupted the orderly transfer of power, conspiracy-obsessed J6ers even want more. By Alan Feuer and me. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/trump-jan-6-pardons-rioters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.wO29.asUWfgxpZfGl&smid=bs-share06 Jan 2026 13:01 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbqz5bwcdk2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3mbpqg7jzsk2hPresident Trump began his second term by granting wholesale amnesty to those implicated in the Capitol riot stoked by his stolen-election lies. Now those J6ers hunger for more payback - a zombie-like hunger rooted in the conspiracy theories pushed by Trump and his allies. By Alan Feuer and me. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/05/us/politics/trump-jan-6-pardons-rioters.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.wO29.asUWfgxpZfGl&smid=bs-share06 Jan 2026 00:52 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3mbpqg7jzsk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3masz7c5sqk27This Christmas, the Barrys have moved up. No longer just Entenmann’s. Now: Entenmann’s PREMIUM! A joyous Christmas to all!25 Dec 2025 14:42 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3masz7c5sqk27https://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3m7xrh2kzbs2bThe Trump administration rejected coin designs that would, in honor of the country's 250th anniversary, feature Frederick Douglass, a women's suffragist and Ruby Bridges. Instead: Pilgrims, founding fathers - and the sitting president. My story, with photos by Rachel Wisniewski: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/12/14/us/coins-us-250th-anniversary.html?unlocked_article_code=1.8k8.JXae.s5bCTKgFlO3s&smid=bs-share14 Dec 2025 18:42 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7xrh2kzbs2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3m7xqpbgwqs2pThe Village Green was kind enough to feature an article about the upcoming movie "The Lost Children of Tuam," now in post-production. Thank you very much, Mary Barr Mann! https://villagegreennj.com/arts/dan-barrys-lost-children-of-tuam-inspires-film-production/?fbclid=IwY2xjawOr4GpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZBAyMjIwMzkxNzg4MjAwODkyAAEeG_08_SmKML47B4UYc8wWvRPd_8uwrZHIumZYpc-K8d-8OfSvBYZspS6SBWw_aem_R7lulWD-jUl5Aw2-tS5OLg14 Dec 2025 18:28 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m7xqpbgwqs2phttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3m63e2347ic2tCoins tell the story of us. One of the world's finest collections can be found in lower Manhattan, but almost no one ever sees these coins, and so off to Toledo they go. My story, with the typically excellent photos of Todd Heisler. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/20/arts/design/american-numismatic-society-coins-toledo.html?unlocked_article_code=1.2k8.mMbH.z7W9tUN41u7O&smid=bs-share20 Nov 2025 18:02 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m63e2347ic2thttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3m5jocwtwnc2bI went up to Albany all of a rainy night and what mug do I find but William Kennedy, THE William Kennedy. Author of "Ironweed," "Roscoe," and so many other novels that endure. He's 97, he's still writing - and he'll drink you under the table. So here: Your "Great Read." https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/13/arts/william-kennedy-albanys-bard-reads-a-story-with-legs.html?unlocked_article_code=1.008.EGhr.gpjBLEDq9ois&smid=bs-share13 Nov 2025 17:18 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m5jocwtwnc2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3m57hrm2jus2nThe Trump administration is planning to feature the sitting president on a coin, upending an anti-monarchical custom dating to George Washington, who might as well have coined the phrase “No Kings.” My dive into the numismatic past: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/11/09/us/trump-commemorative-coin.html?unlocked_article_code=1.z08.YTQt.Q2cDVJ4e-AqF09 Nov 2025 15:54 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m57hrm2jus2nhttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3m4jllsy25k26Sometimes I feel like Una O’Connor’s scream.31 Oct 2025 23:04 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4jllsy25k26https://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3m4gqobrtfk22The filming of “The Lost Children of Tuam” in Tuam, Co. Galway. A scene from my story: “Their oversize hobnail boots beat a frantic rhythm as they hustle to their likely slap at the schoolhouse door.” h/t: The Tuam Herald30 Oct 2025 19:57 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3m4gqobrtfk22https://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3lzbqsmsnuk2iSo very honored to talk about storytelling with the great journalist Line Vaaben at the Fortellingens Kraft 2025 conference in Bergen, Norway. I assured everyone that speaking truth to power continues in the United States.20 Sep 2025 16:00 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzbqsmsnuk2ihttps://bsky.app/profile/danbarry58.bsky.social/post/3lzbqosbo6s2iBergen, Norway September 202520 Sep 2025 15:58 +0000at://did:plc:sqrzlsryf2o2i5vayjjvqoeb/app.bsky.feed.post/3lzbqosbo6s2i