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February 3rd, 2010

Coming next week

Next Monday to Friday, February 8 to 12, I’ll be guest blogging for Powells, the amazing book store in Portland, Oregon. So visit me at powells.com, or check back here, where the posts will also appear, or just subscribe to my RSS feed.

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  • Bio

    I feel lucky to do what I do. I write about real people, often by living their lives for a while-visiting their lives, you might say. Trying them on for size. Though there are easier ways to make a living, I suppose, none strike me as a fraction so interesting.

    My first real adventures were cross-country bicycle rides, and a summer's work in a sausage factory in Pamplona, Spain. During time off from college, I did community organizing in Dallas as a VISTA volunteer. Then came riding the rails (Rolling Nowhere), which originated as another escape from college, but doubled as research for a senior anthropology thesis. A transcendant moment occurred ... Read More

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New Book

The Routes of ManHow Roads Are Changing the World and the Way We Live Today

Other Books

NewjackGuarding Sing Sing
WhiteoutLost in Aspen
CoyotesA Journey Across Borders With America's Illegal Migrants
Rolling Nowhere Riding the Rails with America's Hoboes

© Ted Conover 2010

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