Contributor
John O’Connor
John O’Connor was born and raised in Kalamazoo, Michigan, and attended the creative writing program at Columbia University, where he wrote his thesis on competitive eating. His writing has appeared in The Believer, Quarterly West and Gastronomica, among other publications.
Recent Writing
Everything Gets Worse: An Antarctica Story
In winter of 1912, as Robert Falcon Scott was striving to be the first to reach the South Pole, six of his men became stranded for 17 months. In this story that ranges from north to south and from past to present, John O’Connor chronicles the group’s efforts to remain not only alive but sane at “Inexpressible Island,” a 9′ x 12’ enclosure they hacked out of the ice, where they remained through the long months of winter darkness.True Story, Issue #32
Badlands: Portrait of a Competitive Eater
Issue 32
Badlands: Portrait of a Competitive Eater
The Best Creative Nonfiction, Volume 1
