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Jed Ringel

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Born

Brooklyn, The United States

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http://www.jedringel.com

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Genre

Memoir, Literary Fiction, Humor and Comedy

Influences

Mary Karr, JR Moerhinger and Tobias Wolff

Member Since

June 2014

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In prior lives, Jed Ringel has been an Ivy League drop-out, a failed sculptor, a morally impoverished Wall Street lawyer (seeking salvation in chasing fallen dictators to repatriate what they stole), and the founder of an IT company the sale of which allowed him to retire. He’s also a long-time mentor to a child now aging out of the foster care system, and an avid cook, hiker and gardener who splits his time between Montauk and New York City where parts of the story take place.

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A Masters in Mating Administration

A red key on a modern computer laptop keyboard with words Sell Yourself giving advice on how to promote or advertise your abilities, skills and qualifications for a job or career

Free market worshippers never miss an opportunity to propose their “trickle-down” economics of unfettered greed as the panacea solution to a complicated problem, viz., preserving the environment, improving education, providing healthcare, ending poverty. Now, though, they’re heading boldly where no debunked economic theory has gone before: proposing their brand of “entrepreneurialism” as the solut

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Stuck in the Passing Lane

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Caim

by José Saramago

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