Amanda Montell is a writer and linguist from Baltimore born in the winter of 1992. She is the author of two nonfiction books: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (forthcoming from Harper Wave in June 2021) and the critically acclaimed Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (Harper Wave, 2019) . Wordslut has earned praise from the New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, and Publisher's Weekly, among others, and Amanda is currently developing the book for television with FX, serving as creator, writer, and executive producer. As a reporter and essayist, Amanda's writing has been featured...
Dan Stone
Dan Stone is a writer, creative director, and bar owner in Oakland, California. He worked for many years at the National Endowment for the Arts as a program manager for the agency's national initiatives, while also writing and producing dozens of radio documentaries about jazz and classic novels. He founded and served as editor-in-chief of Radio Silence, a magazine of literature and rock & roll, and he coedits the college textbook Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. Stone owns North Light near his home in Oakland, a hybrid of a bar, bookstore, and record shop.
Amanda Montell
Amanda Montell is a writer and linguist from Baltimore born in the winter of 1992. She is the author of two nonfiction books: Cultish: The Language of Fanaticism (forthcoming from Harper Wave in June 2021) and the critically acclaimed Wordslut: A Feminist Guide to Taking Back the English Language (Harper Wave, 2019) . Wordslut has earned praise from the New York Times, Kirkus Reviews, and Publisher's Weekly, among others, and Amanda is currently developing the book for television with FX, serving as creator, writer, and executive producer. As a reporter and essayist, Amanda's writing has been featured...
Dan Stone
Dan Stone is a writer, creative director, and bar owner in Oakland, California. He worked for many years at the National Endowment for the Arts as a program manager for the agency's national initiatives, while also writing and producing dozens of radio documentaries about jazz and classic novels. He founded and served as editor-in-chief of Radio Silence, a magazine of literature and rock & roll, and he coedits the college textbook Literature: An Introduction to Fiction, Poetry, Drama, and Writing. Stone owns North Light near his home in Oakland, a hybrid of a bar, bookstore, and record shop.