David Kushner

A contributing editor of Rolling Stone , David Kushner also writes for publications including The New Yorker , Vanity Fair , Wired , The New York Times Magazine , New York , GQ , and Esquire . Kushner served as the digital culture commentator for National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday , and has taught journalism at Princeton University and New York University. He has been featured in The Best Business Writing , The Best American Crime Reporting , and The Best Travel Writing , and his...See more

A contributing editor of Rolling Stone , David Kushner also writes for publications including The New Yorker , Vanity Fair , Wired , The New York Times Magazine , New York , GQ , and Esquire . Kushner served as the digital culture commentator for National Public Radio's Weekend Edition Sunday , and has taught journalism at Princeton University and New York University. He has been featured in The Best Business Writing , The Best American Crime Reporting , and The Best Travel Writing , and his ebook The Bones of Marianna: A Reform School, a Terrible Secret, and a Hundred-Year Fight for Justice . His books include The Players Ball ; Alligator Candy: A Memoir (an NPR Best Book of the Year); Jacked: The Outlaw Story of Grand Theft Auto ; Levittown: Two Families, One Tycoon, and the Fight for Civil Rights in America's Legendary Suburb ; Jonny Magic and the Card Shark Kids: How a Gang of Geeks Beat the Odds and Stormed Las Vegas ; and Masters of Doom: How Two Guys Created an Empire and Transformed Pop Culture. See less