John Adamian

John Adamian

John Adamian has a degree in music from Wesleyan University. He was the
editor at a group of alt-weeklies in New England for 10 years. His writing
has appeared in the Hartford Courant, Arthur, The Believer, Wired,
Afropop.org, Modern Farmer and many other publications. He lives in
Winston-Salem, North Carolina with his wife and two children.

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Education & Society

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