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John Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer at the\xa0New York Times Magazine\xa0and has written for\xa0Harper's,\xa0The New Yorker, and\xa0GQ. He is the author of\xa0Pulphead\xa0and the forthcoming\xa0The Prime Minister of Paradise: The True Story of a Lost American History.\n\u201cI love making pieces of writing and trying to find the right language to say what I mean. It's such a wonderful way of being alive in the world. I mean, your material is all around you. ... I'm lucky that it has stayed interesting for me. It hasn't faded. The challenges of writing, they still glow.\u201d\nShow notes:\n\nSullivan on Longform\n\nSullivan\u2019s\xa0GQ\xa0archive\n\nSullivan\u2019s\xa0New York Times Magazine\xa0archive\n\n10:00\xa0\u201cUhtceare\u201d\xa0(Paris Review \u2022 May 2021)\n\n28:00\xa0Pulphead\xa0(FSG Originals \u2022 2011)\n\n30:00\xa0The Best American Essays 2014\xa0(Mariner Books \u2022 2014)\n\n30:00\xa0\u201cThe Ill-Defined Plot\u201d\xa0(New Yorker \u2022 Oct 2014)\n\n50:00\xa0\u201cMan Called Fran\u201d\xa0(Harper\u2019s \u2022 Sept 2023)\n\n50:00\xa0\u201cThe Final Comeback of Axl Rose\u201d\xa0(GQ \u2022 Aug 2006)\n\n50:00\xa0\u201cUpon This Rock\u201d\xa0(GQ \u2022 Jan 2004)\n\n50:00\xa0\u201cPeyton\u2019s Place\u201d\xa0(GQ \u2022 Oct 2011)\n\n50:00\xa0\u201cLeaving Reality\u201d\xa0(GQ \u2022 Oct 2011)\n\n54:00\xa0\u201cPulp Fever\u201d\xa0(Daniel Riley \u2022 GQ \u2022 Nov 2011)\n\n\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices