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Writer, musician, record label owner, and professor of journalism based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. 

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*It’s pronounced “Ven-you-toll-oh Mon-tove-ah-nee”

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Writing

CULTURE

Just One More: Inside the Shadow Evacuation of Kabul for WIRED

How to Turn Cities into Biketopias? Make it Harder to Drive There for WIRED

35 Years After Bull Durham, the Durham Bulls Are Still the Biggest Team in Little Baseball for GQ

The War On Terror Created a Cancer Crisis. These Vets Are Fighting Back for The New Republic

Take Two: On Robert Lester Folsom's Second Act for The Oxford American

'The Face of Black Snowboarding' is 'Looking for the Next Me' for The New York Times

Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy for The New York Times (front page, Sunday Edition)

Where Does A 225-Year-Old Warship Get Its Parts? At the Navy's Forest, Of Course for National Geographic

We Indulged our Son During Lockdown. Did that Change Him? for Scientific American

Iconic Southern Restaurant Mama Dip's Vows to Keep Feeding Chapel Hill for Eater

The Afghan Refugees Building America's Submarines for Fast Company

One City's Bold New Experiment to Combat Homelessness for Insider

What Kids Lose Without Snow Days for Vox

From Tragedy to Triumph: Nida Allam's History-Making Journey for The Bitter Southerner (featured on Longreads)

How Mick Jagger Rocked a Plucky Charlotte Dive Bar for Garden & Gun

Finding Mississippi John Hurt for Salvation South

The A-to-Zs of Record Collecting for Discogs

NASCAR’S Big Star: Brehanna Daniels is Having a Good Year for Victory Journal

How I Learned to Shoot from a Pair of Green Berets for Guns and Ammo/AR-15 Magazine

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TRAVEL

Chasing the Aurora Borealis through Northern Norway for National Geographic

Lake Annecy: The Hidden Gem of the French Alps for Condé Nast Traveler

A Cyclist's Guide to Greenville, South Carolina for Condé Nast Traveler

The Thrill of Cycling North Dakota's Maah Daah Hey Trail for Condé Nast Traveler

Watching the Tour de France from the Side of a Mountain for Bicycling Magazine

Exploring Ancient Italian Villages, Our Ten-Month-Old in Tow for The Toronto Star

Where Do the Travel Writers Long to Travel? for The Toronto Star

A Day Trip to Tivoli for Travel + Leisure

A Muddy Race, A Million Buttes, and One Very Novice Mountain Biker: A Weekend on the Maah Daah Hey Trail for The Radavist

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PERSONAL ESSAY

My Family’s Secret Recipe for Immortality for Catapult

Language Lessons at Crook's Corner for The Bitter Southerner

Riding Home for Escape Collective

My Mother the Crow for Salvation South

Maternity Ward. Psych Ward. Repeat. for Open Secrets Magazine

Learning to Love Frozen Again for Disney

Lessons in Waiting for Yes for The Millions

In Search Of: Grandmas for Catapult

That Time Sturgill Simpson Gave Me His Door Money for Cuepoint Magazine

On American Pop in All Its Grotesque Beauty for Talkhouse

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