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Wednesday, December 15, 2010
Five Best Books about Failure
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Jonathan S.
Seattle, Washington, United States
I am a writer living in the Pacific Northwest. I am working on a book about the Lincoln Highway. Follow me: http://thefatherroad.com/
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Books Published
Odd Harbor - E-Book Novel No Longer Available
Books Published In
Found II: More of the Best Lost, Tossed, and Forgotten Items from Around the World
Going Mutant: The Bat Boy Exposed
Home Brew Wind Power
Mountain Man Dance Moves: The McSweeney's Book of Lists
My Funny Major Medical
My Funny Valentine: America's Most Hilarious Writers Take On Love, Romance, and Other Complications
The McSweeney's Joke Book of Book Jokes
Magazines Published In
Amphora Magazine
BPM Magazine
Beer Northwest Magazine
Canoe and Kayak Magazine
City Arts
Coffee House Digest
Comedians Magazine
Culture: The Word on Cheese
Diner Journal
Discover America Travel Guide
Distinctly Northwest Magazine
Epitaphs Magazine
Fine Books and Collections Magazine
Forever Green
Geez Magazine
Ghettoblaster Magazine
Halftime Magazine
Idaho Magazine
Lexus Magazine
Meatpaper
Metro Dot Pop
Nevada Magazine
Northwest Travel Magazine
Parody Poetry Journal
Presence Magazine
Put an Egg on It
Rain Taxi Review of Books
Remedy Quarterly
SOMA Magazine
Seattle Business Magazine
Seattle Sound Magazine
Sip Northwest Magazine
Stage Directions Magazine
Sublime Magazine
Swindle Magazine
Touring & Tasting Magazine
Twins Magazine
Uppercase Magazine
Venuszine
Welding and Cutting Magazine
Newspapers Published In
Boston Globe
Columbia River Reader
Crab Cracker
Dallas Morning News
Denver Post
Kansas City Star
Los Angeles Times
Oklahoman
Olympian
Oregonian
Pike Place Market News
Vashon Beachcomber
Vashon Loop
Blogs I Contribute To
City Arts Magazine
Fine Books and Collections Magazine
Free Crap on the Side of the Road
Full Stop
Websites Published On (Music Writing)
Amplified
Boxx Magazine
BPM
Now On Tour
Silent Uproar
Sweet Fox
Three Imaginary Girls
Usounds
Venuszine
Websites Published In (Humor Writing)
Bacon Today
Beachwood Reporter
Cap'n Wacky
CC2K
Cricket Soda
Defenstration
Hobart Pulp
McSweeney's Internet Tendency
Seattle Raptor
Seattle Salmon
Yankee Potroast
Websites Published In (Misc Writings)
555 Collective
AAA Journey Magazine
Aesthetic Refuge
CC2K
Earthwalkers Magazine
Haiku Ninjas
Lost Magazine
Pen Cap Chew Magazine
Poor Taste Magazine
Portland Fiction Project
Vintage Seattle
Word Riot
Photography Published In
AAA Journey Magazine
City Arts Magazine
Crappy Taxidermy
Fine Books and Collections Magazine
Northwest Travel Magazine
Magazines, Sites, and Blogs I Read Frequently
Atlantic
Bookdwarf
Bookninja
Comics Curmudgeon
Crosscut Seattle
Curious Expeditions
Esquire
Grist
Guardian Unlimited Books
Harper's Magazine
Largehearted Boy
Magazine Publishers of America
Media Bistro
Morning News
National Book Critics Circle Board
Neatorama
New York Times Book Section
New York Times Magazine
New Yorker
Newsmap
Onion, The
Slate Magazine
Smithsonian
Three Quarks Daily
USA Today Pop Candy
Vanity Fair
Weekly World News
Writers I Read Regularly
Annie Dillard
Bill Bryson
Bill McKibben
Darby Conley
Dave Barry
George Saunders
Mark Bowden
Matthew Yglesias
Nick Hornby
Oliver Sacks
Pete Dexter
Sarah Vowell
Sherman Alexie
Steve Martin
Susan Orlean
T.C. Boyle
Timothy Egan
Tobias Wolff
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