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February 12, 2023
The land I write about (and now own a piece of) was sold in the 1970s by mail. It was so cheap that people usually bought it sight unseen, from newspaper ads: $30 down and $30 a month for 12 years was a common deal. The federal government said it was a fraud, and this TV investigation from the time seems to agree. (Click READ MORE to go to YouTube.)
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October 24, 2022
The days of the virtual book tour are behind us—I’ll be speaking and signing books in person at these wonderful places in coming weeks. Please stop by and say hello.
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May 17, 2022
My new book about life off-grid in Colorado’s San Luis Valley comes out this fall, and I’m super excited about it. Cheap Land Colorado: Off-Gridders at America’s Edge describes the unusual people who choose to live on that beautiful, lonely prairie…
January 18, 2018
My latest article is “The Strike That Brought MLK to Memphis,” in the January 2018 issue of Smithsonian Magazine. Dr. Martin Luther King came to Memphis to support striking sanitation […]
Appearances
March 28, 2017
To book an appearance, please email Jodi Solomon Speakers, or call them at (617) 266-3450.
Appearances
March 28, 2017
MARCH 28, 2017, 7:00 PM Reading and Q&A Connecticut College, New London, CT To book an appearance, please email Jodi Solomon Speakers, or call them at (617) 266-3450.
Appearances
February 28, 2017
Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence Reading
FEBRUARY 28, 2017, 7:30 PM Frank B. Hanes Writer-in-Residence Reading University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill To book an appearance, please email Jodi Solomon Speakers, or call them at […]
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February 23, 2017
FEBRUARY 23, 2017, 7:30 PM Talk & Book Signing [words] Bookstore, 179 Maplewood Avenue, Maplewood, NJ 07040 To book an appearance, please email Jodi Solomon Speakers, or call them at […]
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February 20, 2017
Thinking Like a Social Scientist, Writing Like a Journalist
FEBRUARY 20, 2017, 4:30 PM Thinking Like a Social Scientist, Writing Like a Journalist Rutgers University, Alexander Library, Teleconference Lecture Hall, 169 College Ave, New Brunswick, NJ 08901 To […]
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February 8, 2017
Shane Bauer in Conversation with Ted Conover
FEBRUARY 8, 2017, 6:30 PM Shane Bauer in Conversation with Ted Conover NYU Arthur L Carter Journalism Institute, 20 Cooper Sq., 7th fl Common, New York, NY 10003 To […]
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December 1, 2016
Reading and Q/A on Immersion: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep
DECEMBER 1, 2016, 6-8 PM Reading and Q/A on Immersion: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep Meg Cohen Design Shop, 59 Thompson St., New York, NY 10012 To book an appearance, […]
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November 22, 2016
“Lecture and Q&A” Gerard van Westerloolezing of the Stichting Verhalende Journalistiek
NOVEMBER 22, 2016 “Lecture and Q&A” Gerard van Westerloolezing of the Stichting Verhalende Journalistiek (Initiative for Narrative Journalism in the Netherlands) Amsterdam, Netherlands To book an appearance, please email Jodi […]
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November 20, 2016
Keynote: Danish International Media Festival
NOVEMBER 20-21, 2016 Keynote: Danish International Media Festival Fagfestival ’16, Odense, Denmark To book an appearance, please email Jodi Solomon Speakers, or call them at (617) 266-3450.
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November 17, 2016
Reading and Q/A with Harper’s editor James Marcus on Immersion: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep
NOVEMBER 17, 2016, 7:00 PM Reading and Q/A with Harper’s editor James Marcus on Immersion: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep Book Culture, 450 Columbus Ave, New York, NY To […]
October 23, 2016
My new book, Immersion: A Writer’s Guide to Going Deep, is just out. It’s about the kind of writing I’m best known for, where the writer learns by placing himself […]
August 13, 2016
For years journalists were taught to leave themselves out of the story. Often that’s still a good idea, but in other cases there is an untold story-behind-the-story that is well […]
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February 13, 2016
“Ted has a way of talking about big topics such as prisons, immigration, and infrastructure with engaging stories that captivate everyone in the room.”— James Walsh, student, Boston College […]