
David Perry is one of the most trusted voices on how to think, write, and work in public. He has a clear ethic about the critical importance of intellectual labor at a moment when the risks of being public have rarely been greater, and the reasons why academics must risk it have rarely been so clear.
―Tressie McMillan Cottom, New York Times columnist

Historical writing at its finest.
— Chicago Review of Books

The Bright Ages is a rare thing—a nuanced historical work that almost anyone can enjoy reading.
— Slate