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Lawrence Tabak has been writing for publication since his student days at The University of Iowa where his early work appeared in The Des Moines Register, The Iowan, The Cedar Rapids Gazette and World Tennis Magazine. He has written for numerous regional and national publications including Salon.com, themillions.com, Fast Company, the in-flight magazines for American and United, Forbes.com, The New York Times, Tennis Magazine, Delacorte Review, and The Atlantic Monthly. His Foxconned book began as a series of investigative stories for Belt Magazine, The American Prospect and Madison's Capital Times. The Belt stories received a "Best of 2017" recognition from Longreads.com His 2014 novel IN REAL LIFE told the story of a young computer gaming ...more

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	In Real Life 3.47 avg rating — 204 ratings — published 2014 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Foxconned: Imaginary Jobs, Bulldozed Homes, and the Sacking of Local Government 4.02 avg rating — 86 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	富士坑：美國製造的真實故事 by Lawrence Tabak (Goodreads Author), 勞倫斯・塔巴克, 方佳馨 (Translator) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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In Real Life's Gaming Back Story

The Wisconsin State Journal ran a nice column on the book and the gaming backstory:

http://host.madison.com/news/local/columnists/doug-moe/doug-moe-in-video-gaming-art-and-life-intersect/article_d0126ea0-513d-58a1-bbb3-790192304288.html

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Published on May 05, 2015 17:46 • Tags: computer-gaming, dota2, gaming, video-gaming

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