Mark Robert Bowden (born July 17, 1951) is an accomplished American writer. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, and a 1973 graduate of Loyola College in Maryland, Bowden was a staff writer for "The Philadelphia Inquirer" from 1979-2003. He has won numerous awards and has written for "Men's Journal", "The Atlantic Monthly", "Sports Illustrated", and "Rolling Stone".

Anthony Swofford, born 12 August 1970 in Fairfield, California, is a United States Marine and author of the book "Jarhead", published in 2003. He was a lance corporal while serving as a sniper with the STA (Surveillance and Target Acquisition) Platoon of 2nd Battalion 7th Marines. His book is based on his accounts of various situations encountered in the first Gulf War. This memoir was made into a movie in 2005.

Joseph Sayers (b. October 15, 1983 in Lakewood, New York, United States) is a male fashion model best known for his nude centerfold for Abercrombie and Fitch Quarterly, shot by Bruce Weber, and also for the fact that, despite being only 5'6" tall (most male models are at least 5'11"), he has experienced great success as a fashion and commercial model. Joseph has also fronted notable campaigns for Polo Underwear photographed by Richard Phibbs, …

Ariel Levy (born October 17, 1974) is a contributing editor at "New York magazine" and author of the book "Female Chauvinist Pigs: Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture". Her work has appeared in "The Washington Post", "Vogue", "Slate", "Men's Journal" and "Blender". Levy was raised in Larchmont, New York, and attended Wesleyan University in the 1990s. Her experiences at Wesleyan, which she says had "co-ed showers, …

Craig Nova is an American novelist and author of eleven novels. His writing has appeared in Esquire, The Paris Review, The New York Times Magazine, and Men's Journal, among others. Nova received an Award in Literature from the American Academy and Institute of Arts and Letters and received a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1997. In 2005 he was named Class of 1949 Distinguished Professor in the Humanities at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro.

Amy Sohn is a Brooklyn-based author, columnist and screenwriter. She wrote the novels "Run Catch Kiss" (1999) and "My Old Man" (2004), both published by Simon & Schuster, and a companion guide to television’s “Sex and the City,” "Sex and the City: Kiss and Tell" (Pocket Books). She is a contributing editor at New York magazine, where she writes the weekly "Mating" column. From 1996 to 1999 she wrote a dating column, "Female Trouble", …

Chris Offutt grew up in Haldeman, Kentucky, a former mining community of two hundred people, and graduated from Morehead State University, KY. He is the author of No Heroes , The Same River Twice , Kentucky Straight , Out of the Woods , and The Good Brother . Honors for his work include Guggenheim and National Endowment for the Arts Fellowships. Offutt is a visiting professor at the Iowa Writers' Workshop.

Douglas Century (born 5 May 1964) is a Canadian author and journalist who was born in Calgary, Canada, and educated at Princeton University (1986). As a journalist, Century has written for numerous publications, including the "The New York Times", "Details", "Rolling Stone", "Men's Journal", "Radar", "Blender", "VIBE" and "The Guardian" newspaper.

Neil Steinberg is a news columnist for the "Chicago Sun-Times". He joined the staff in 1987, and his column appears four times a week. He also wrote a column regularly for the "New York Daily News", and his columns have been reprinted by the "Jerusalem Post" and other papers. Steinberg has written for a wide variety of publications, including "Sports Illustrated", "The New York Times Sunday Magazine", Granta, "Rolling Stone", …

Mike Lupica (born 1952) is an American newspaper columnist, best known for his provocative sports commentary in the "New York Daily News" and his appearances on ESPN.

Alton Brown is an American food personality, cinematographer, author, and actor. He is the creator and host of the Food Network television show "Good Eats", the miniseries "Feasting on Asphalt" and the main commentator on "Iron Chef America". Brown is also the author of several cooking how-to books and a regular contributor to "Bon Appétit" and "Men’s Journal" magazines.

Les Guthman is a film director and producer, who has the distinction of both having won the National Academy of Science’s (U.S) nationwide competition to find the best new idea in science television and having produced three of the “20 Best Adventure DVDs of All Time,” according to Men’s Journal magazine. As founding Executive Vice President and Executive Producer of Outside Television, he produced 33 primetime expedition, adventure and environmental documentaries, …

Veronica Kay (born December 8, 1980) was a professional surfer and model from La Jolla, California. Kay started surfing at the age of 13 and eventually became the 1997 champion of the National Scholastic Surfing Association. She was a participant in the reality tv show "Boarding House: North Shore" and has been endorsed by many companies such as Roxy and Gravity Skateboards.

Suzanne Kantra Kirschner is a Technology Editor at Martha Stewart Living Omnimedia in the greater New York City area.

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My name is Derek, I am a pretty laid back guy. I live in Dallas GA, but mableton will always be home to me. I am currently a student at Kennesaw State University and Georgia Perimeter College studying Business Management, Looking to open a Gym of my own one day. Persuing an "Actuary" degree at Georgia State after my business management degree to keep my options open because we all know how business's go, they have their ups and downs.