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A.J. Jacobs: How I Write

Writing Exercise

The author of Drop Dead Healthy talks about how he writes on a treadmill, what fictional character he identifies with, and why he likes the elbow bump.

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Where did you grow up?

In a New York City apartment with my parents, a cat, a sister, and an Atari.

Where and what did you study?

I went to Brown University, where I specialized in introductory courses (history, anthropology, economics, biology, psychology, literature, Spanish, and a couple of dozen others).

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