I’m always thinking about the pleasures of reading. It’s almost like customer service to your reader, right? I’m doing this for you to give you a place. Bring them into that world.
Reid Mitenbuler, from Ep. 367
Reid Mitenbuler (@reidmitenbuler or @mitenbuler) is here to talk some shop around his book Wanderlust: An Eccentric Explorer, an Epic Journey, a Lost Age (Mariner Books). It’s a gripping read that follows Peter Freuchen through the bulk of the 20th century as he traverses the unforgiving terrain of Greenland, stands up to the Nazis, and writes screenplays and even acts during the Golden Age of Hollywood.
He’s kinda sorta like Forrest Gump.
Reid takes us there and builds a world for us to sink into. So we talk about that, organizing the research, and how he hates (but also loves) the writing.
Reid is the author of two other books Wild Minds: The Artists and Rivalries that Inspired the Golden Age of Animation as well as Bourbon Empire: The Past and Future of America’s Whiskey.
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