In 2019, the ETC Press published Pamela McCorduck’s book, THIS COULD BE IMPORTANT. Here, I’m releasing clips of our conversation about her life as one of the early science + technology writers.
A compendium of what I’ve learned in my twenty-five years navigating SXSW Interactive, the greatest show on earth.
Elizabeth Wurtzel was—and forever will be—our GenX Rock God Writer.
https://twitter.com/thebradking/status/1086778465473490945 Back in January, I posted a tweet about Generation X that turned my life a little bit bonkers for about seventy-two hours. I hadn’t intended to throw a GenX family reunion, but there I was. In a little less than three days, more than six hundred thousand people interacted with it and—as you can […]
In 1993, Newsweek labeled GenX as the “The Whiny Generation.” We’ve been not giving a shit about that since. Also—George Michael is pretty great.
GenXers grew up breaking bones, having accidents, and dealing with mayhem—and many times going to the doctor was the LAST thing we did. So—share your story of GenX Catastrophes!
My favorite conversation: What books influenced you? These are the books that influenced my life as a writer.
My middle school history teacher John Viall—a dedicated and decorated teacher—wrote a wonderful post about America, the Fourth, and e pluribus unum.
King Friday XIII orders a border wall to be built. Lady Aberlin takes balloons, tied with messages of peace and love, and floats them across the wall.
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That’s where the single narrative becomes so dangerous. Because people don’t know the history of the region, and they don’t understand its problems. Yet many of those same people have a great number of preconceived notions they aren’t afraid to unleash.
As I sat down to write this book, I was faced with this strange tightrope act: I wanted to write a book about why Appalachia and its people ended up as they have, but I also needed to acknowledge its sometimes brutal and horrible history.