American journalist and author
Jon Mooallem is an American journalist and author.
Career
Journalism
Mooallem is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine , where he often writes about the relationship between humans and animals. Mooallem is a contributor to American Public Radio's series This American Life . He is also writer-at-large for the live publication Pop-Up Magazine .
Books
Mooallem's book Wild Ones was published in 2013 by Penguin Press [ 1] and was one of the New York Times Book Review ’s 100 Notable Books of 2013.[ 2] In spring 2020, Mooallem published This Is Chance!: The Shaking of An American City, The Voice That Held It Together , with Random House . Writer Elizabeth Gilbert said of the book, "Jon Mooallem is one of the most intelligent, compassionate, and curious authors writing today. I would go on any adventure that his mind embarks upon, knowing that I was being led by the ablest of guides."
Personal life
Mooallem lives with his family on Bainbridge Island , near Seattle, Washington .[ 3] His podcast The Walking Podcast chronicles Mooallem's perambulations on the island. It was named one of 2019's Best Podcasts by The A.V. Club [ 4] and New York Magazine's Vulture.com .[ 5]
Cultural references
In 2013, alt-bluegrass band Black Prairie released "Wild Ones," an album based on Mooallem's book.
Honors
Bibliography
Mooallem, Jon (2013). American Hippopotamus . Atavist .
Mooallem, Jon (2013). Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America . Penguin Press .
Mooallem, Jon (2020). This Is Chance!: The Shaking of An American City, The Voice That Held It Together . Random House .
Mooallem, Jon (2022). Serious Face: Essays . Random House .
External links
References
^ Crist, Meehan (Jun 28, 2013). "Recall of the Wild" . The New York Times . Retrieved Feb 16, 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
^ "100 Notable Books of 2013" . The New York Times . Nov 27, 2013. Retrieved Feb 16, 2020 – via NYTimes.com.
^ Pilling, Nathan (2019-03-11). "Talk a stroll with Bainbridge Island's Jon Mooallem and his walking podcast" . Kitsap Sun . Retrieved 2020-07-02 .
^ "The Best Podcasts of 2019 So Far" . A.V. Club . 2019-06-17. Retrieved 2020-07-02 .
^ Quah, Nicholas (2019-12-05). "The Best Podcasts of 2019: In a noisy year for the medium, some of the best projects turned out to be personal, individualistic, and quiet" . Vulture . Retrieved 2020-07-02 .
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