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Thad Ziolkowski


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Thad Ziolkowski is the author of Our Son the Arson, a collection of poems, and a memoir, On a Wave, which was a finalist for the PEN/Martha Albrand Award in 2003. In 2008, he was awarded a fellowship from the John S. Guggenheim Memorial Foundation. His essays and reviews have appeared in The New York Times, Slate, Bookforum, Artforum, Travel & Leisure and Index. He directs the Writing Program at Pratt Institute. Wichita is his first novel.

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Wichita

3.19 avg rating — 257 ratings — published 2012 — 8 editions
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On a Wave

4.01 avg rating — 160 ratings — published 2002 — 10 editions
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The Marijuana Chronicles

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3.52 avg rating — 137 ratings — published 2013 — 18 editions
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The Drop: How the Most Addi...

3.86 avg rating — 114 ratings — published 2021 — 8 editions
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Our Son the Arson

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 1996
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Terminal B

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“Neurologist David Zald articulates a consensus position among addiction researchers when he says that the key lies in identifying “a stronger alternative reward to overcome the compulsion to seek and engage in the addictive behavior.” Graft onto the wound of liminality another and more salubrious piece of it: some combination of body work and spiritual practice, meditation and the “in the zone” trance brought about by intense exercise, ideally in wilderness—surfing, for instance.”
Thad Ziolkowski, The Drop: How the Most Addictive Sport Can Help Us Understand Addiction and Recovery



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