Brad KingA SXSW Guide to Surviving the Nerdpocalypse-Brad KingI attended my first South by Southwest conference in 1995, one year after the introduction of SXSW Interactive (then called Multimedia).Feb 19, 2020Feb 19, 2020
Brad KingElizabeth Wurtzel: She Was Our Rock God Writer — Brad King: Writer & EditorWhat your reading began as a series of notes I wrote in the hours after I found out Elizabeth Wurtzel died of breast cancer. I was trying…Jan 14, 2020Jan 14, 2020
Brad KingGenX, That Damned Newsweek Editorial, George Michael, and the Twitter Hellscape — Brad King…I’ve realized that what we really need is a GenX emoji that lets everyone know this thing that I just said with absolute certainty is also…Feb 21, 2019Feb 21, 2019
Brad KingGenX Tribe: Breaking Bones and Other Stories of Walking it Off — Brad King: Writer & EditorI was seven years old in 1981 when I broke my arm on the school playground. I don’t remember the details of how it happened, but I do…Jan 21, 2019Jan 21, 2019
Brad KingThe Books that Influence My Writing Life-Brad King: Writer & Editor“We changed again, and yet again, and it was now too late and too far to go back, and I went on. And the mists had all solemnly risen now…Aug 22, 2018Aug 22, 2018
Brad KingAbout That Thing You Ask Me About Hillbilly ElegyI’ve been an outspoken advocate for Appalachia for the better part of the last decade. My writing and speaking about the region ramped up…Aug 5, 2017Aug 5, 2017
Brad KingThe Curious Case of Explaining, not ExcusingWhen I set out to write So Far Appalachia, I had to deal with a very real problem.Jul 28, 2017Jul 28, 2017
Brad KingRoger (& Jared & J.D.) and Me, or Breaking AppalachiaI started writing So Far Appalachia — or at least what would become the book — in 1998. I was twenty-six years old.Jul 8, 2017Jul 8, 2017