Unemployed and broke, a disgraced former necktie mogul found solace in dozens of odd pets. Here’s how his new “family” helped him turn his life around.
About Stephen G. Bloom
Stephen G. Bloom, the Bessie Dutton Murray Professor of Journalism at the University of Iowa, is the author of Postviile: A Clash of Cultures in Heartland America, Inside the Writer's MInd, The Oxford Project (with Peter Feldstein), and Tears of Mermaids: The Secret Story of Pearls. For more than 20 years, he was an award-winning reporter for The Los Angeles Times, Dallas Morning News, San Jose Mercury News, and Sacramento Bee. His work has appeared in many publications, including the London Guardian, New York Times, Washington Post, Salon, Smithsonian, Russian Esquire, and the Annals of Clinical Psychiatry. He writes frequently about issues men talk about when they're not around women. Check out more here.
An American in Brazil: Anna Elena’s Tongue
January 19, 2011 by 8 Comments
A stormy romance taught Stephen Bloom, a reporter, the Portuguese he never learned in school.
The Shop Class Chainsaw Incident
January 6, 2011 by 1 Comment
Big-time crushes, boring classes: Stephen Bloom’s junior high was just like any other. Oh, except for the raving mad, chainsaw-wielding Shop teacher.
Test-Driving the Little Blue Pills
December 30, 2010 by 14 Comments
“I was a convert, fallen hard, singing out my lungs, marching my way to the Tabernacle.”
Girl Crazy
December 13, 2010 by 4 Comments
Boner in a Bottle
December 1, 2010 by 10 Comments
Blowing in the Wind
November 24, 2010 by 5 Comments
Stephen G. Bloom talked with gastroenterologist Michael D. Levitt, the world’s leading authority on flatulence. The result? Everything you ever wanted to know about farts.
“You have reminded me how much I love men!”
These are comments by bobbt, Patty, and Michael Cusden on the post “What Dads Really Want For Father’s Day”.