Jason Parham
Writers at Work: Jason Parham
Thursday, February 16 at 6pm
Fourth Floor Program Room
Jason Parham is a senior writer at Wired where he covers a range of subjects, including
black creative labor, emerging trends, and the digital culture of sex. Prior to joining
Wired, he was an editor at The Fader and Gawker. He lives in New York City.
Raised in LA, Jason’s essays and criticism have appeared in the New York Times Book
Review, The Atlantic, The Awl, and the Los Angeles Times style magazine Image, where
he is a regular contributor. He performs regularly in Pop-Up, the live magazine show.
In 2012, Jason founded Spook, a literary journal by and for creatives of color. Upon
its debut, it was hailed by the Los Angeles Review of Books as “an invaluable contribution
to the cultural conversation.”
Photo credit: Naima Green
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