Benoit Denizet-Lewis is a writer with the New York Times Magazine and the author of the acclaimed book, America Anonymous: Eight Addicts in Search of a Life. His new book, American Voyeur: Dispatches from the Far Reaches of Modern Life was just published by Simon & Schuster. An expert on youth culture, addiction, and sex and sexuality, Denizet-Lewis has penned a handful of the most talked about New York Times Magazine cover stories of the last decade.
His work has also appeared in Sports Illustrated, Details, Slate, Out, The Advocate, and Boston Magazine. Denizet-Lewis speaks nationally on a variety of issues and has appeared on “Good Morning America,” “Anderson Cooper 360,” “The O'Reilly Factor,” and NPR's “Talk of the Nation.”
ABOUT BENOIT-DENIZET LEWIS
In 2004, he was the recipient of an Alicia Patterson Fellowship.
He lives in Boston, where he teaches nonfiction writing at Emerson College and Northeastern University.
THE LECTURE
In his “America Anonymous” lecture, Denizet-Lewis blows open the doors on our culture of addiction, exposing the extraordinary broadness of the problem, the gripping stories of those in it tears apart, the political and scientific battles that shape and distort it, and the powerful industries that promote it.
ADDITIONAL LECTURE TOPIC
What Does it Mean to be Gay, Anyway,
-Young Americans Are Playing By New Rules
Denizet-Lewis, a gay culture expert who has spent much of the last decade traveling the country writing about sexuality and gender, offers a dynamic lecture about how young people are radically changing what it means to be “gay” in America. Whether they’re coming out at 14, getting hitched at 22, or proudly claiming labels like “bisexual” and “open minded,” young Americans with same-sex attractions are increasingly living lives devoid of the shame, compartmentalization, and psychological distress common to previous generations of gays and lesbians.
Visit:
www.americaanonymous.com
BLURBS
“One of the best books I’ve read in the last year, and one of the most powerful I've encountered about addiction.”
Rachel Kramer Bussel, Huffington Post.
“A dazzling portrait of eight addicts and their intimate, sometimes heartbreaking struggle… Addicts will read this book; those who want to understand addiction should read it!”
Susan Cheever, The Daily Beast.
“An arresting, personal glimpse into the merciless world of drug and behavioral addiction. All eight of the people (Benoit) followed are gripping subjects, and he describes their plights in seasoned, dexterous prose.”
--Kirkus Reviews (starred review)
“A graceful, compelling book focusing directly on people, not on concepts or proscriptive ideas. Denizet-Lewis relates their successes, relapses, and struggles to stay clean with warmth, clarity, and a deeply refreshing, unpuritanical frankness.”
--ELLE Magazine
An intriguing glimpse into the brain of an addict and the new hit or miss treatments… Denizet-Lewis is a compelling storyteller, and his wide-range of stories of addiction, relapse and recovery far exceeds other books in the genre.”
--Publishers Weekly.
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