birth_place birth_date article_title name occupation
new york 1959 john leland -lrb- journalist -rrb-
 john leland author
john leland -lrb- journalist -rrb-

john leland -lrb- born 1959 -rrb- is an author and has been a `` new york times '' journalist since 2000 .
leland began covering retirement and religion in january , 2004 .
during a stint in 1994 , he was editor in chief of `` details '' magazine .
leland was also a senior editor at `` newsweek '' , an editor and columnist at `` spin '' magazine , and a reviewer for `` trouser press '' .
leland wrote `` hip : the history '' and `` why kerouac matters : the lessons of on the road -lrb- they 're not what you think -rrb- '' .
