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I'm not squeamish.

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I think it's this congenital problem with journalism that we oversell the difference we make. We make small differences.

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I have been dealing with illness and its manifestations since I was a teenager, and I think that gives me a very healthy respect for the things in life we can't control.

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When I'm engaged in a story my health is not a big deal, but when I'm not doing anything, if you sit me down, I can get tied up in my own medical dramas. So I much prefer to work.

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When your work is nonfiction about low-income communities, pretty much anything that's not nonfiction about low-income communities feels like a guilty pleasure.

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I'm useless when I meet writers I love - I go slack-jawed and stupid with awe.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Journalist

Born: August 12th, 1964

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