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Radio Free Mike011 Thad Ziolkowski: Taking the DropThad Ziolkowski is a poet, novelist, and memoirist who has written a fascinating book about surfing and addiction called The Drop. He’s no stranger to difficult themes, and I have a feature in the current issue of The Surfers Journal (issue 34.2) that explores not just trauma and surfing, not just Somalia and my father’s suicide, but also the Jimmy Miller Memorial Foundation, a fabulous group in the Los Angeles South Bay that has pioneered ocean therapy in the U.S. I knew Jimmy in high school; Thad and I have both written about the Foundation. So w...2025-05-2743 min
The Watchung Booksellers PodcastEpisode 5: Writing and AddictionIn this episode of the Watchung Booksellers Podcast, authors Warren Zanes and Thad Ziolkowski talk about writing and addiction. From their personal struggles in using drugs while creating art to the complexities in writing about addiction in general, their conversation is thought-provoking, sincere, and often very funny. Our Guests:Warren Zanes is the New York Times bestselling author of Dusty in Memphis, the first volume in the celebrated 33 1/3 Series, Petty: The Biography; Revolutions in Sound: Warner Bros. Records; and Deliver Me from Nowhere: The Making of Bruce Springsteen's Nebraska. With Garth Brooks, Zanes has...2024-05-2853 min