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| Hello. Sometimes people are put in the unfortunate position of having to figure out who I am, so here is a cheat sheet to that! (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Choire_Sicha">There is also Wikipedia.</a>) In 2003, after years of amateur blogging, I left my civilian job to spend a year as the editor of Gawker. In 2005: an editor at the <i>New York Observer</i>. In 2007: another stint as Gawker editor. In 2009: co-founded <a href="http://www.theawl.com/">The Awl</a>, a family of independent web publications, where I spend much of my time. In 2013: published <i><a href="http://www.harpercollins.com/9780061914317/very-recent-history">Very Recent History</a></i>, a nonfiction book of reporting. Sometime in there I ran a Q&A column for Hollywood folk in the <i>LA Times</i> for ages, and wrote features for <i>Maxim</i>, <i>Details</i> and... <i>Marie Claire UK</i>. (Guess which one paid best!) Also, I am a columnist for <i>Bookforum</i>. I like to write for venues that like to have a good time. I'm an "adjunct assistant professor" in the Arts and Culture program of Columbia University's Journalism School MA program; that means I work one-on-one with students on their Master's Theses. I'm not really sure if you capitalize that, and I'm represented by PJ Mark at Janklow & Nesbit. You can reach me at <a href="mailto:choire@choiresicha.com">choire@choiresicha.com</a>.<br/></div> | |
| <br/> | |
| <div style="float: left; width:25%; padding:10px; margin-right; 20px; border: 1px dotted #555;"><b>Some recent faves</b></br></br> | |
| <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/12/04/fashion/mens-style/mens-locker-room-designers-take-pity-on-naked-millennials.html?_r=0">A story about naked men and locker rooms</a> for the <i>New York Times</i> | |
| <br/><br/> | |
| <a href="http://www.eater.com/2015/9/30/9394261/ina-garten">A profile of Ina Garten for <i>Eater</i></a><br/><br/> | |
| I wrote about <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/06/05/fashion/mens-style/farewell-my-lovely-cigarettes.html?_r=1">not smoking</a> for the <i>New York Times</i> Mens' Styles section</br></br> | |
| In praise of <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/07/19/magazine/letter-of-recommendation-summer-fridays.html?_r=1">Summer Fridays</a> for the <i>New York Times</i> Magazine <br/><br/> | |
| <a href="http://www.interviewmagazine.com/culture/ursula-k-le-guin">A conversation with Ursula Le Guin for <i>Interview</i></a><br/><br/> | |
| <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2014/08/the_magicians_trilogy_by_lev_grossman_concludes_the_magician_s_land_reviewed.html">A review of "The Magicians" Trilogy</a> for Slate<br/><br/> | |
| An introduction to <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2013/05/henry_james_the_reverberator_reviewed.html">Henry James's <i>The Reverberator</i></a> that I wrote for <a href="http://www.mhpbooks.com/books/the-reverberator/">Melville House</a><br/><br/> | |
| A review of Jon Ronson's <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2015/04/19/books/review/jon-ronsons-so-youve-been-publicly-shamed.html?_r=0"><i>So You've Been Publicly Shamed</i></a> for the <i>NY Times</i> Book Review</br></br></div> | |
| <div style="float: left; width:25%; padding:10px; margin: 20px; border: 1px dotted #555;"><b>Writing on New York City</b></br></br> | |
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| <a href="http://nymag.com/news/politics/bloomberg/new-york-culture-2013-9/">New York Is Better Than Ever—And It Sucks</a> (<i>New York</i> magazine) | |
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| <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/23/opinion/23sicha.html?_r=0">We Love Penn Station</a> (<i>NY Times</i>)<br/><br/> | |
| <a href="http://gawker.com/334551/what-happened-to-new-york-a-history-of-the-00s-so-far">What Happened To New York: A History Of The 00's So Far</a> (Gawker) </br></br> | |
| <a href="http://observer.com/2008/04/hey-where-have-all-the-cockroaches-gone/">Where Have All the Cockroaches Gone?</a> (<i>NY Observer</i>)</br></br> | |
| <a href="http://observer.com/2006/04/in-jareds-cottage/">In Jared's Cottage</a> (<i>NY Observer</i>) | |
| </br></br> | |
| <a href="http://observer.com/2005/11/chitty-chitty-bang-irenti/">Chitty Chitty Bang <i>Rent</i></a> (<i>NY Observer</i>) | |
| </br></br> | |
| <a href="http://observer.com/2005/10/the-great-gay-outdoors/">The Great Gay Outdoors</a> (<i>NY Observer</i>)</br></br> | |
| <a href="http://observer.com/2003/11/hanging-garden-of-babbleon/">The Invention of the High Line</a> (<i>NY Observer</i>)</br></br> | |
| A profile of <a href="http://observer.com/2006/08/does-society-matter-ask-existential-arbiter-david-patrick-columbia-2/">David Patrick Columbia</a> (<i>NY Observer</i>)</br></br></div> | |
| <div style="float: right; width:25%; padding:10px; margin: 20px; border: 1px dotted #555;"><b>Writing on arts and culture</b></br></br> | |
| <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080807154039/http://theenvelope.latimes.com/awards/emmys/la-en-baldwin6-2008aug06,0,547321.story">A profile of Alec Baldwin</a> for the <i>LA Times</i><br/><br/> | |
| <a href="http://articles.latimes.com/2004/dec/07/entertainment/et-lohan7">Lindsay Lohan At 18</a>, for the <i>LA Times</i><br/><br/> | |
| <a href="http://observer.com/2005/11/the-transom-40/">Tracey Emin at 42</a>, for the <i>New York Observer</i><br/><br/> | |
| <a href="http://observer.com/2005/12/the-transom-98/">Mike Leigh and Scott Elliott</a>, for the <i>New York Observer</i><br/><br/> | |
| A profile of <a href="http://www.steveberkeformayor.com/files/press/MaximMagazinePDF.pdf">Miami Beach party king Steve Berke</a> for <i>Maxim</i><br/><br/> | |
| <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2015/09/the_visiting_privilege_by_joy_williams_reviewed.html">A little thing on Joy Williams</a> (Slate)<br/><br/> | |
| <a href="http://bookforum.com/inprint/021_01/12973">The Methods of Arianna Huffington</a> (<i>Bookforum</i>)</br></br> | |
| <a href="http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/11/ursula_le_guin_s_the_unreal_and_the_real_collected_stories_reviewed.html">The Stories of Le Guin</a> (Slate) | |
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| <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2008/03/09/books/review/Sicha-t.html">I, Narcissus</a> (<i>NYT</i> Book Review)</br></br> | |
| <a href="http://observer.com/2006/09/one-book-at-a-time/">One Book at a Time</a> (<i>NY Observer</i>) </i></br></br> | |
| <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/04/18/books/plum-s-tarts.html">Plum's Tarts</a> (<i>NY Times</i>)</i></div> | |
| </br></br> | |
| <div style="float: left; width:25%; padding:10px; margin: 20px; border: 1px dotted #555;"><b>Memoir</b></br></br> | |
| <a href="http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/01/terminal-miami/">Terminal Miami</a></br></br></div> | |
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| <b>Comedy (???)</b> | |
| </br></br> | |
| <a href="https://medium.com/matter/table-of-contents-5b3519e1ffb3">Table of Contents</a> (my first and only published piece of fiction!)<br/><br/> | |
| <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2004/02/15/movies/oscar-films-thank-you-notes.html">Oscar Speeches</a> (<i>NY Times</i>)</i></br></br> | |
| <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2012/03/18/opinion/sunday/cat-got-your-brain.html">Cat Got Your Brain</a> (<i>NY Times</i>)</i> | |
| </br></br></div></br> | |
| <div style="float: left; width:25%; padding:10px; margin:20px; border: 1px dotted #555;"><b>Reviews of <i>Very Recent History</i></b></br></br> | |
| <a href="http://www.thestranger.com/seattle/how-to-destroy-a-city/Content?oid=17497736">The Stranger</a> </br></br> | |
| <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/choire-sicha-the-anti-blogger">The New Yorker</a>. | |
| </br></br> | |
| <a href="http://www.ew.com/article/2013/08/02/very-recent-history-review">Entertainment Weekly</a></br></br> | |
| <a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/08/11/204477167/party-like-its-2009-life-and-friendship-in-the-great-recession">NPR</a></br></br> | |
| <a href="http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/09/16/briefly-noted-722">The New Yorker</a></div> | |
| <br/><br/> | |
| <div style="float: left; width:30%; padding:10px; margin: 20px; border: 1px dotted #555;"><b>Recent public conversations I have conducted</b></br></br> | |
| • Eileen Myles, McNally Jackson<br/><br/> | |
| • Daniel Mendelsohn, BookCourt</br></br> | |
| • Amy Sohn, WORD Books</br></br> | |
| • Joss Whedon, Brooklyn Academy of Music</br></br> | |
| • Ben Dolnick, Greenlight Books</br></br> | |
| • Renata Adler, McNally Jackson</br></br> | |
| • Lev Grossman, McNally Jackson</br></br> | |
| • Lev Grossman again, at BookCourt<br/><br/> | |
| </div> | |
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| <div style="float: left; width:30%; padding:10px; margin:20px; border: 1px dotted #000;"><b>Recent talks</b></br></br> | |
| • "Is the Internet Getting Stupider?" at The Lost Lectures</br></br> | |
| • "Whatever happened to 'the queen of the homosexuals'?" at NewYorkScapes, A Symposium on Research Development, Digital Archives, and Documentary Practices, NYU</br></br> | |
| • "Elevations: New York City, Topography and Wealth" at Washington Square Arts Club</br></br> | |
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