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Author / Creator, "Bored to Death"

November 11, 2009 Full Interview with Jonathan Ames

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Big Think Interview With Jonathan Ames

Big Think sits down with the author and creator of, “Bored to Death.” … Watch

November 11, 2009   |  In Arts & Culture, Media & Internet

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Jonathan_ames Jonathan Ames is a writer, boxer, storyteller and, most recently, the creator of the HBO series, "Bored to Death." His books include "The Extra Man" and "Wake Up Sir" and the collection of essays, "The Double Life is Twice as Good." Ames is a frequent performer at the storytelling group, The Moth and has appeared in boxing tournaments as "The Herring Wonder." A graduate of Princeton and Columbia Universities, he lives in Brooklyn.

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