Kevin Smokler is the author of the essay collection
Practical Classics: 50 Reasons to Reread 50 Books you Haven't Touched Since High School (2013), which the
Atlantic Wire called "truly enjoyable," and the editor of
Bookmark Now: Writing in Unreaderly Times, A
San Francisco Chronicle Notable Book of 2005. His writing on pop culture has appeared in the
LA Times,
Salon,
BuzzFeed,
Vulture, the
San Francisco Chronicle and on
NPR. In 2013, he was
BookRiot's first ever Writer-in-Residence.
He can be found on twitter at @weegee. He lives in San Francisco with his wife, cat, and most of MTV's first year on vinyl.