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Huge thanks to my agent Chris and his marvelous assistant Roma, who made this deal happen. Book will be coming out in fall 2020, and will feature the “best of” Off Assignment’s “Letter to a Stranger” archives, plus thirty-some new missives from a dreamy cast of storytellers. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1432582853376-BJB5D2CG6AU60EBJKI1I/image-asset.png News God Bless Alison Wright, VQR editor, for trimming down a monster of an essay into this feature in the "Food" issue of VQR. Click here for the full read. And god bless YOU for reading! VQR online claims that'll take 41 minutes. That's a Mad Men episode. You rock. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1414188387185-5FOCS75T6Y2SO1XFWV27/image-asset.jpeg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1556643762424-B1OWITZ5DIHZZEH6X300/Screen+Shot+2019-04-30+at+1.01.50+PM.png News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1540844141176-B7IIHPEZK0A6ML1QB0YQ/FullSizeRender.jpg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1540844175310-084PE7DHOZOEFV3YYI44/fullsizeoutput_7ca.jpeg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1414191762094-LOJ4TPR7BBLFD4PC4FHF/image-asset.png News Mark: master chef. Artist behind the soup, the ribs, and the lamb chop Mr. Talese requested. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1502983578155-G4M5W7UZBBF9DDTKC12W/image-asset.png News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1414186736009-KX6B451IOOENZFTJJBOU/image-asset.jpeg News https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/d93f7707-2396-43fe-82f9-9b071c827fc6/Screen+Shot+2022-02-25+at+11.45.24+AM.jpeg News - Make it stand out Whatever it is, the way you tell your story online can make all the difference. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1502976676365-GB37MI0O21MICTCNADRR/image-asset.gif News The print collection, at last! Huge thanks to Owen Murray for making this giffity gif gif gif. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1414186593566-O5PUO3BWDCHGN8C9AXPZ/image-asset.jpeg News UVA recently sent us a newsletter with this photo. It thrills and scares me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1414192073585-WQS4P04SAD7PNBXGJAHL/image-asset.png News Can you tell this is a screenshot of Facebook? I bet you can. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1414191032569-EVLBZDI5J5EU6T9LBM3E/image-asset.png News My partner in crime Vince Errico, chatting with the legendary Gay Talese. Confession: I bought a 200$ dress for the occasion of interviewing Gay Talese. I never spend 200$ on dresses. I ransack my sisters closets and pillage the racks TJMax. But Gay Talese. "Nice dress," was the first thing Gay said upon meeting. Moral of the story: sometimes you should spend more money than you have. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/53283de4e4b074f7f8870d06/1584643008644-EPM4LPWR155GJYGD0MBE/Screen+Shot+2020-03-19+at+2.33.33+PM.png News “…Erik was a music professor on the ship, but it took us half of the Pacific to intersect. 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