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Jason Diamond

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Skokie, IL., The United States

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Jason Diamond is a bestselling author, editor, speaker, and big eater. He was born in Skokie, Illinois just before Ronald Reagan took office, and remembers absolutely nothing about the Carter administration. He has lived in New York City for the bulk of his life and plans to die there, but he loves Chicago with all his heart. Jason has worked as a barista, server, fry cook, bookseller, and DJ. In 2008, he founded the site Vol. 1 Brooklyn and has curated hundreds of regular free literary events, including the popular 3-Minute Stories series.

He has written for The New York Times, New York Times Magazine, Outside, The Paris Review, The New Yorker, Esquire, Harper's Bazaar, Eater, The Wall Street Journal, New Republic, Bookforum, Tablet, Pitch ...more

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	Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from '80s Movies 3.22 avg rating — 916 ratings — published 2016 — 7 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
	The Sprawl: Reconsidering the Weird American Suburbs 3.20 avg rating — 535 ratings — published 2020 — 11 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
	Kaplan's Plot 4.33 avg rating — 36 ratings — 5 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
	So Close to Awesome: Random Things, 2000-2009 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2010	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
	No One Shops Here Anymore: Essays on the Disappearing American Mall by Jason Diamond (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Tobias Carroll (Goodreads Author) (Editor) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	The AI Side Hustle Blueprint: Build Profitable Income Streams with ChatGPT & Midjourney (Lumen Insights: The AI Money-Making Series Book 1) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Passive Income with AI: Create and Sell Digital Products on Autopilot (Lumen Insights: The AI Money-Making Series Book 2) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Freelance Fast with AI: Offer AI-Powered Services That Clients Will Pay For (Lumen Insights: The AI Money-Making Series Book 3) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	Automate Your Content: Using AI to Power Blogs, Newsletters & Social Media (Lumen Insights: The AI Money-Making Series Book 4) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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
	AI for Creatives: How to Design, Illustrate & Sell Digital Art with AI Tools (Lumen Insights: The AI Money-Making Series Book 5) 0.00 avg rating — 0 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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Absolutely loved this. Fits somewhere between Proust and Edith Wharton.
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“I lived through those books, songs, television shows, and movies - the way the characters talked, looked, acted. I thought that could translate over into reality, that I could make their world my world. I wanted so badly to run away from my life. But you can't bury yourself in other people's pages and scenes. You aren't David Copperfield or Tom Sawyer. Those love songs on the radio might speak to you, but they're not about you or the person you pine for. Life is not a John Hughes film.”
― Jason Diamond, Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from '80s Movies

tags: john-hughes, life, movies, novels, tv-shows

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“to be a Cubs fan is both a birthright and a curse.”
― Jason Diamond, Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from '80s Movies

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“I was racking up prescription slips like Boy Scout badges. What didn't I have?”
― Jason Diamond, Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from '80s Movies

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“Stately, plump Buck Mulligan came from the stairhead, bearing a bowl of lather on which a mirror and a razor lay crossed.”
― James Joyce, Ulysses

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“Better to sleep with a sober cannibal than a drunk Christian.”
― Herman Melville, Moby-Dick or, The Whale

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