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Teaching

I teach writing in a great new graduate concentration at New York University’s Arthur L. Carter Journalism Institute. Take a look.

Occasionally I also teach at summer conferences — watch this space.

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    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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