Jason Roberts lives in Northern California. His forthcoming book, The Gentleman in the Distance (Fourth Estate/HarperCollins), is about James Holman (1786–1857), the blind man who became history’s greatest traveler.

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  September 2004: Interview with Ian Frazier
  The author of On the Rez discusses his ideal writing style and his ideal woman—though only one is “heavy with hot bloatum.”
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  August 2003: Light: Bioluminescence