Career
He has written for the Japan Times, The North American Review, Adbusters, Kyoto Journal, The Oakland Tribune, and Creative NonFiction. He was born in New York, New York, United States, and grew up in Washington District of Columbia and Chicago. He is a graduate of the English composition Master of Arts program at San Francisco State University, and lived in Japan for four years.
He runs a private writing school, The Opening, in Oakland, California, and also teaches in Santa Cruz.
