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name: Aaron Gilbreath
about: Aaron Gilbreath is an essayist and journalist. Raised in the Arizona desert, he moved to the Pacific Northwest at age twenty-five and has written stories for Harper's, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Kenyon Review, The Paris Review Daily, Oxford American, Slate, The Dublin Review, Brick, Saveur, and Virginia Quarterly Review. Previously an editor at Longreads, his stories have been nominated for a James Beard Award and been notables in Best American Travel Writing, Best American Sports Writing, and Best American Essays.His newest book, The Heart of California: Exploring the San Joaquin Valley, was a finalist for the 2022 Oregon Book Award. His collection of personal essays, Everything We Don't Know, was a finalist for the 2018 Oregon Book Aaron Gilbreath is an essayist and journalist. Raised in the Arizona desert, he moved to the Pacific Northwest at age twenty-five and has written stories for Harper's, The Atlantic, The New York Times, Kenyon Review, The Paris Review Daily, Oxford American, Slate, The Dublin Review, Brick, Saveur, and Virginia Quarterly Review. Previously an editor at Longreads, his stories have been nominated for a James Beard Award and been notables in Best American Travel Writing, Best American Sports Writing, and Best American Essays.His newest book, The Heart of California: Exploring the San Joaquin Valley, was a finalist for the 2022 Oregon Book Award. His collection of personal essays, Everything We Don't Know, was a finalist for the 2018 Oregon Book Award. Outpost19 published his second book This Is: Essays on Jazz, in 2017, six days after his daughter was born. He serialized a multimedia book about the overlooked cult classic album from the 1990s, Deconstruction, and he runs the Alive in the Nineties music series on Substack.He's currently writing a book about Japan and one about growing up during the music 1990s. He loves green tea, ferrets, and grilled fish.PS: I did not write the book Concrete Grave listed here on Goodreads, but that's a rad title! ...more