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John Leland

John Leland
John Leland is a reporter at The New York Times, where he wrote a yearlong series that became the basis for Happiness Is a Choice You Make, and the author of two previous books, Hip: The History and Why Kerouac Matters: The Lessons of “On the Road” (They’re Not What You Think). Before joining the Times, he was a senior editor at Newsweek, editor in chief of Details, a reporter at Newsday, and a writer and editor at Spin magazine.


How the Oldest of the Old Taught Me to Choose Happiness

John Leland on Love, Sadness, and Stereotypes of Old Age
January 30, 2018  By John Leland
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