Freelance journalist and author
Greater New Orleans Area
- Current
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- Freelance journalist at My Own Self
- Past
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- Author: "And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails" at Crown Publishing
- Writer at Frommer's Travel Guides
- Editor at Casco Bay Weekly
- Education
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- Vassar College
- Connections
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- Industry
- Writing and Editing
- Websites
Wayne Curtis’s Experience
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Freelance journalist
My Own Self
(Writing and Editing industry)
October 1987 — Present (22 years 2 months)
I'm a freelance journalist, correspondent for The Atlantic, and contributing editor at Preservation and Down East magazines. I currently contibute essays, reviews and features focusing on travel, culture, historic preservation, history, and cocktails to thees and a variety of other magazines and newspapers, including the New York Times, American Scholar, Via, Yankee, and Men's Journal. For a list of recently published stories or to read archived stories, visit www.waynecurtis.com, or click on the link below.
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Author: "And a Bottle of Rum: A History of the New World in Ten Cocktails"
Crown Publishing
(Publishing industry)
July 2006 — June 2007 (1 year )
Published in 2006, this history of America's most reviled spirit had excerpts or adaptations appear in The Atlantic, American Heritage, and American Scholar. It was called "original and interesting" by Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Post, was featured in an interview on NPR's "All Things Considered," and was issued in paperback by Three Rivers Press in the summer of 2007.
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Writer
Frommer's Travel Guides
(Writing and Editing industry)
September 1995 — May 2001 (5 years 9 months)
I wrote two guidebooks for Frommer's: eastern Canada and northern New England. I updated the guidebooks annually for five years, traveling frequently between Vermont and Newfoundland and points in between via 1985 VW camper, regularly visiting about 300 inns and hotels, and eating at too many restaurants.. The kayaking and hiking was fun, though.
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Editor
Casco Bay Weekly
(Writing and Editing industry)
1992 — 1995 (3 years )
Wayne Curtis’s Education
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Vassar College
1976 — 1980
Additional Information
Wayne Curtis’s Websites:
Wayne Curtis’s Interests:
Cocktail history, New Orleans, historic architecture and historic preservation.
Wayne Curtis’s Groups:
ASJA, SATW
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Informed Ideas For Writers -
Tales of the Cocktail
Wayne Curtis’s Honors:
2007: Lowell Thomas gold award for best magazine travel story on the US ("Airworld," appearing in The Atlantic)
2007: "Airworld" listed as one of 100 notable stories of the year in "Best American Travel Writing 2007"
2002: Lowell Thomas Travel Journalist of the Year
Wayne Curtis’s Contact Settings
Interested In:
- career opportunities
- consulting offers
- new ventures
- job inquiries
- expertise requests
- getting back in touch
