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photo by ralph gabriner okinawa , japan 170x256 american 17 january 1958 ted_conover , _ by_ralph_gabriner . jpg ted conover
 manual , cambridge university high school -lrb- denver -rrb- , amherst college ted conover author , journalist
ted conover

ted conover -lrb- born january 17 , 1958 , in okinawa and raised in denver , colorado -rrb- is an american author and journalist .
a graduate of denver 's manual high school and amherst college and a marshall scholar , he is also a distinguished writer-in-residence in the arthur l. carter journalism institute of new york university .
he teaches graduate courses in the literary reportage concentration and an undergraduate course on journalism and empathy .
