Michael Venutolo-Mantovani*

Writer, musician, record label owner, and professor of journalism based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Scroll down for some of my favorite clips.
*It’s pronounced “Ven-you-toll-oh Mon-tove-ah-nee”




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
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
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
