Brian Castner

Brian Castner is the author of Disappointment River, All the Ways We Kill and Die and the war memoir The Long Walk, which was adapted into an opera. His journalism and essays have appeared in the New York Times, Wired, Esquire, and on National Public Radio.

Living Inside the Brain of a 250-Year-Old Man

Brian Castner on Following the Trail of Alexander Mackenzie

March 14, 2018 By Brian Castner

Having an Opera Made of Your Life

The Author of 'The Long Walk' Meets Himself in NYC

June 23, 2015 By Brian Castner

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