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On what would have been Bourdain's 70th birthday, we are doing something a little different. We are doing an audio read of a piece titled Giving Up the Ghost: Life and Death By Misadventure written by Brin-Jonathan Butler and published by the Hazlitt Anthony Bourdain was an American celebrity chef, author and travel documentarian. He starred in programs focusing on the exploration of international…
Tom Junod is an American journalist who is currently a senior writer for ESPN.com. He is the recipient of two National Magazine Awards from the American Society of Magazine Editors.
Brendan O'Meara is the host and founder of The Creative Nonfiction Podcast, the show he started in 2013 to speak with people about the art and craft of telling true stories. He's the author of two books, Six Weeks in Saratoga: How Three-Year-Old Filly Rachel Alexandra Beat the Boys and Became Horse of the Year (SUNY Press) and most recently The Front Runner: The Life of Steve Prefontaine (Mariner…
Rich Cohen is an American non-fiction writer. He is a contributing editor at Vanity Fair and Rolling Stone. He is co-creator, with Martin Scorsese, Mick Jagger and Terence Winter, of the HBO series Vinyl.
Michael Lewis is an American author and financial journalist. He has also been a contributing editor to Vanity Fair since 2009, writing mostly on business, finance, and economics. He is known for his nonfiction work, particularly his coverage of financial crises and behavioral finance.
Jim Shepard is an American novelist and short story writer who teaches creative writing and film at Williams College. The Vanishing (1988) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Vd7ckPG_3DA https://www.thebeliever.net/the-vanishing-and-american-sociopathy/
Cian O'Clery is a director and producer of unscripted television. He is the co-creator and series director/producer of 'Love On The Spectrum'. His series have won numerous awards both in Australia and internationally, including several Emmy Awards.
David Gessner is the author of thirteen books that blend a love of nature, humor, memoir, and environmentalism, including the New York Times bestselling, All the Wild That Remains, Return of the Osprey, Sick of Nature and Leave It As It Is: A Journey Through Theodore Roosevelt’s American Wilderness. His latest book is titled The Book of Flaco: The World's Most Famous Bird.
David Nasaw is an American author, biographer and historian who specializes in the cultural, social and business history of early 20th Century America. Nasaw is on the faculty of the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, where he is the Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. Professor of History. His most recent biography, The Patriarch (2012), based on unrestricted and exclusive access to the…
Ada Ferrer is a Cuban-American historian. She is a professor of history and Caribbean Studies at Princeton University. She won the 2015 Frederick Douglass Prize for her book Freedom's Mirror: Cuba and Haiti in the Age of Revolution. She was also awarded the 2022 Pulitzer Prize in History for her book Cuba: An American History.
