Sean Elder

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About me

Industry Publishing
Occupation Writer/editor/teacher
Location Brooklyn, New York, United States
Introduction My writing has appeared in New York, the New York Times Magazine, Details, Vogue, Elle, Men's Journal, National Geographic, Premiere, Gourmet, Food & Wine, Redbook, Glamour and numerous other publications. I was also an editor at a few of those places and still work as a hired hand at magazines and web sites. I wrote a media column for Salon and before that reviewed web sites for the New Yorker ("Only Connect"). A piece I wrote for O: The Oprah Magazine about being a stay-at-home dad was included in a best-of O collection entitled Live Your Best Life that was published Fall 2005. I co-authored a book with former Marine Captain Josh Rushing of Control Room fame, entitled Mission: Al Jazeera, which was published by Palgrave in June 2007. I also teach writing at Eugene Lang College, part of Manhattan's New School University.

Why does the taste of pennies remind you of losing a tooth?

'Cause my father was a copper and my mother had no cents.