Bill Kauffman is the author of eleven books, among them Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette (Henry Holt), Ain’t My America (Metropolitan), Look Homeward, America (ISI), and Poetry Night at the Ballpark (FPR Books). His next book, Upstaters, is due from SUNY Press in 2026. He is a columnist for The American Conservative and The Spectator World. Bill wrote the screenplay for the 2013 feature film Copperhead. He is a founding editor of Front Porch Republic and has served as a legislative assistant to Senator Pat Moynihan, editor for various magazines and publishers, and vice president of the Batavia Muckdogs, a professional baseball team that was euthanized by Major League Baseball. He lives with his wife Lucine in his native Genesee County, New York.
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Jeremy Beer
We should have a contest on here. In 1,000 words or less, give us the most bizarre and colorful true story you can about your place. Kauffman will be the judge.
John Gorentz
Ha. I read that tonight in the cellulose and ink edition without realizing it was written by the guy they’ve been talking about in the comments to John Willson’s latest article. I liked it. Narrative history is good. Even if the analysis turns out to be no good, we’re still left with an account of what people said and did. And people do the strangest things. Doubling down on a bad idea — could there be some parallels with ObamaCare?
Jason Peters
Kauffman– Why are you writing these wonderful reviews for hire and ignoring your duties to The Porch, which loves you without the corrupting influence of Filthy Lucre?
John Willson
Sweet, Bill. My grandson was lamenting on Easter Sunday that there aren’t interesting boxing matches any more. Man, do I miss Carmine Basilio and Rocky Marciano!
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