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Ethan Gilsdorf

March 04, 2023

Ethan Gilsdorf (born September 29, 1966) is an American writer, poet, performer, editor, critic, teacher and journalist.

Ethan Gilsdorf
Gilsdorf in 2014
Born (1966-09-29) September 29, 1966 (age 56)
Dover, New Hampshire, United States
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHampshire College (BA)
Louisiana State University (MFA)
Occupation(s)writer, journalist, teacher, performer, poet, critic
AwardsBest American Essays 2016 (Notable Essays), Hobblestock Peace Poetry Competition, Esme Bradberry Contemporary Poets Prize
Websitewww.ethangilsdorf.com

Gilsdorf is the author of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms.[1] Gilsdorf began his writing career in the 1990s as a poet. He began writing nonfiction in 2000 as a Paris-based freelance journalist.[2] He now writes about arts, culture, media and technology, and reviews books and films, for such publications as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Wired, and Salon. He also works as a writing instructor and consultant.[3]

Life

Gilsdorf was born in Dover, New Hampshire, in 1966, and was raised in the nearby town of Lee. Growing up, he wanted to be a veterinarian, cartoonist or filmmaker.[4] He read kids adventure books, and works of fantasy and science fiction, and was an avid fan of Star Wars, and Bugs Bunny, among other cultural touchstones. He began playing Dungeons & Dragons in middle school[5] around the time he began to write his own "Lord of the Rings rip-offs."[6] Gilsdorf has said that the artists, writers and creative people who influenced him include filmmakers George Lucas[7] and Steven Spielberg, Warner Bros. cartoon animator Chuck Jones,[8] Mad Magazine, Dungeons & Dragons co-creator Gary Gygax,[9] cartoonist Saul Steinberg, comedian George Carlin[10] and writer J.R.R. Tolkien.[11]

He attended Oyster River High School in Durham, New Hampshire and graduated in 1984. He received his B.A., with a focus on film, video and creative writing, from Hampshire College in 1989 and his MFA, with a focus on poetry, from Louisiana State University, in 1992.[citation needed]

Gilsdorf has lived in Northampton and Amherst, Massachusetts; Brattleboro, Vermont; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Paris, France; Somerville, Massachusetts; and currently lives in Providence, Rhode Island.[citation needed]

Career

Journalism, reviews and essays

During a five-year stay in Paris from 1999 to 2004, Gilsdorf got his start in journalism as a freelance travel, hotel, food and film writer for Fodor's travel guides and Time Out.[12]

In Paris, and later in Boston, he went on to publish features stories, essays, op-ed and reviews on travel, arts, technology, the media and pop culture regularly in The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Salon, Boston Magazine, and Wired. He has published hundreds of articles and op-eds in dozens of other magazines, newspapers, websites and guidebooks worldwide, including Esquire, CNN, io9.com, Playboy, National Geographic Traveler, Psychology Today, The Christian Science Monitor, San Francisco Chronicle, USA Today, The Washington Post, Los Angeles Times. He is a contributor to the blogs "GeekDad" (formerly at Wired.com), "Geek Pride" on PsychologyToday.com, and Boston NPR affiliate WBUR's Cognoscenti and TheARTery.[13]

He specializes in immersive, participatory journalism,[14] wherein he tries out things and reports back on them: being a pilgrim at Plimoth Plantation;[15] re-enacting the world of Stranger Things and the 1980s;[16] or mountain biking in the French Pyrenees.[17]

His book reviews appear frequently in The New York Times Book Review and The Boston Globe, and he is the film columnist for Art New England.

Gilsdorf has contributed to several books, including the writing craft books Braving the Fire: A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss; Create Your Writer Platform: The Key to Building an Audience, Selling More Books, and Finding Success as an Author; and the textbook Reading Culture: Contexts for Critical Reading and Writing[18] (8th edition). He has also contributed to Fodor's Paris; Fodor's France; and Time Out Paris Eating and Drinking.

 
Ethan Gilsdorf with giant d20, his book Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks, and his D&D gaming materials, taken in 2014.

Book-length memoir

Gilsdorf is the author of the travel memoir-pop culture investigation Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms, published by Lyons Press in 2009. The book is a work of travel literature, memoir, and immersion journalism that explores fantasy and gaming subcultures. The book was named a Must-Read Book by the Massachusetts Book Awards.[19]

According to The Huffington Post, Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks is "full of encounters, both funny and poignant."[20] National Public Radio's "Around and About" describes the book as "Lord of the Rings meets Jack Kerouac's On the Road." Wired wrote, "For anyone who has ever spent time within imaginary realms,[21] the book will speak volumes. For those who have not, it will educate and enlighten." Wired also said, "It's the sort of book that, if you're a lifelong geek like me, you can't put down."[22]

"Gandalf's got nothing on Ethan Gilsdorf, except for maybe the monster white beard", wrote the Boston Globe.[23][verification needed] The A.V. Club called it "a fascinating memoir/travel/geek-world exploration." Booklist said, "Gilsdorf is an engaging and personable guide. Like many who will pick up his book, he's got one foot squarely in the real world, the other in the fantasy one. This is a journey well worth taking";[24] and Make Magazine said, "A surprisingly moving memoir and ode to geek culture. It's also a great book to give to friends and relatives who don't understand the appeal of this subculture … This book rolled a natural d20 (and the wonderful design gets a +2 bonus)."[25]

The subject matter ranges from Dungeons & Dragons gamers and live-action role-players, or LARPers, to Harry Potter wizard rockers and World of Warcraft players.[26] Other subcultures and events the book investigates: the legacy of Gary Gygax, The Society for Creative Anachronism (SCA) and Pennsic War, DragonCon (aka Dragon*Con), a French castle-building project called Guedelon, J.R.R. Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit fandom, and a journey to New Zealand to see The Lord of the Rings film locations.[27] Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks also explores Gilsdorf's own lifelong (and at times twisted) relationship to fantasy and gaming.[28]

Critical acclaim

Gilsdorf's book "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks" was named a Must-Read Book by the Massachusetts Book Awards.[19]

His essay "The Day My Mother Became a Stranger," published in Boston Magazine,[29] was listed in Best American Essays 2016 as a "Notable Essay."[30]

As a poet, Gilsdorf is the winner of the Hobblestock Peace Poetry Competition (1999) and the Esmé Bradberry Contemporary Poets Prize (1991).[12] His poetry has been shortlisted for the Walt McDonald First-Book Competition in Poetry, the Bright Hill Press Poetry Award Competition, the Maryland State Poetry & Literary Society chapbook contest, the Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize, the "Discovery"/The Nation Contest, and the Emily Dickinson Award in Poetry; he was also a Finalist for the Academy of American Poets Prize.

He was named Artist of the Month (January 2014) by the Somerville (Mass.) Arts Council.[31]

The Boston Phoenix called Gilsdorf "The hardest-working geek we know"; The Quad called him Boston's "nerdlord writer";[32] and The Weekly Dig described Gilsdorf as "Somerville's resident d20 dorkwad." The Bostonist.com called him "Adorably amusing." The Boston Globe wrote that "Ethan Gilsdorf ... brings a bit of international cachet as well as a lively, engaging reading style ... he is known for an eloquent yet accessible fusion of the natural world and urban culture." The Somerville News said, "[Gilsdorf] captivated the audience with his passionate, inflective reading."

Todd Swift, poet, author of Cafe Alibi, and editor of Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry, wrote, "Ethan Gilsdorf strikes me as a poetic Henry James for the 21st century, the cosmopolitan American in Europe, casting a cold eye on the old and new worlds, and delivering an elegant retort to any suggestion that lyricism and wit cannot lie in the same bed. He is one of the best of a new generation of poets emerging now, and should be read."

Poetry and fiction

Gilsdorf has published poems in Poetry, The Southern Review, the North American Review, Exquisite Corpse, The Massachusetts Review, Poetry London, and several national and international anthologies, including Outsiders: Poems about Rebels, Exiles, and Renegades; Radio Waves: Poems Celebrating the Wireless; Short Fuse: The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry; 100 Poets Against the War; In the Criminal's Cabinet: An Anthology of Poetry and Fiction; and Future Welcome: The Moosehead Anthology 10.

His fiction has appeared in The Quarterly, among other publications.

Teaching

Gilsdorf is co-founder of GrubStreet's Young Adult Writers Program (YAWP), where he also leads creative writing workshops for adults in journalism, travel writing and essay writing, and poetry, as well as book promotion and writing career planning.[33]

He has also taught creative writing and journalism at Louisiana State University, Emerson College,[34] and Mediabistro.com.

He was the Dale Rogers Marshall Visiting Artist at Wheaton College (Norton, Mass.). He teaches writing in public schools and community centers in the Boston and Providence area.

 
Gilsdorf giving his TEDx talk "Why Dungeons & Dragons is Good for You (In Real Life)" at the 2016 TEDx PiscataquaRiver event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire

Performances, media appearances and public speaking

Gilsdorf frequently appears on NPR stations such as WGBH,[35] WBUR, and Wisconsin Public Radio,[36] and has appeared on The Discovery Channel, PBS, CBC,[37] BBC, the Learning Channel, the French TV network Arte (the program La Revanche des Geeks/Revenge of the Geeks and La thérapie par le RPG/RPG therapy), in documentary films, on podcasts, and has been interviewed by publications in the UK, Canada, Argentina, Brazil, France and other countries.

He has lectured at schools, universities, at film and book festivals, and at conventions and conferences worldwide, such as Harvard University,[38] MIT, La Sorbonne, the New York Public Library and the Neuchâtel International Fantastic Film Festival.[39] He also speaks frequently at gaming and pop culture conventions such as Pax, Gen Con and DragonCon.

Gilsdorf is also a regular presenter, performer, moderator and host for Mortified, Four Stories, the Harvard Book Store, and other venues.

His TEDx talk "Why Dungeons & Dragons is Good for You (In Real Life)"[40] was given at the 2016 TEDx PiscataquaRiver event in Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Other work, literary and editorial service, and fellowships

Gilsdorf serves on GrubStreet's Board of Directors.[41] He is also a member of the Boston Book Festival Program Committee[42] and the Boston Society of Film Critics.[43] He is on the Advisory Council of The Game Academy[44] (in San Francisco).

He is the former poetry editor of New Delta Review (Louisiana State University); the East Coast correspondent of The Common Review; a contributing editor to Get Lost magazine; Managing Editor of Frank: An International Journal of Contemporary Writing & Art (Paris)[12] and on the editorial board of La Traductière (Paris).

He has been awarded residencies at the Millay Colony for the Arts and Vermont Studio Center, and grants from the Somerville Arts Council and Vermont Arts Council.

Books

References

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  2. ^ "Ethan Gilsdorf's schedule for Boston Book Festival 2017". Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  3. ^ "Meet a Grubbie: Ethan Gilsdorf | GrubStreet". grubstreet.org. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  4. ^ "Of Mouse Traps And Men". cognoscenti. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  5. ^ "How "Dungeons & Dragons" changed my life". Salon. 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2018-01-16.
  6. ^ "A lifelong love of escape". Psychology Today. Retrieved 2018-01-08.
  7. ^ "'Star Wars,' And The Force It Awakened In Me". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  8. ^ "Geek Dons Chain Mail, Makes Fool of Self". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  9. ^ "How "Dungeons & Dragons" changed my life". Salon. 2011-03-09. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  10. ^ "In Their Own Private Bubble". www.wbur.org. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  11. ^ "When a Fantasy (Game) Is Better Than Reality (Baseball)". Hobbit Movie News and Rumors | TheOneRing.net™. 2011-04-11. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  12. ^ a b c "3am Experimental Fiction – Poets: No More Wind-Swept Hilltops". www.3ammagazine.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  13. ^ staff listing
  14. ^ "How did you write that, Ethan Gilsdorf?". How did you write that?. 2015-02-02. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  15. ^ "Pilgrim for a day – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  16. ^ "The '80s? Stranger things have happened. – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  17. ^ Gilsdorf, Ethan (2004-03-21). "Mountain Biking in France: Pedal Power". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
  18. ^ "George & Trimbur, Reading Culture, 8th Edition | Pearson". www.pearson.com. Retrieved 2018-01-17.
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  20. ^ Sirucek, Stefan (2010-03-18). "Geek Like Me: A Review of Ethan Gilsdorf's Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks". Huffington Post. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  21. ^ "Don't Try to Escape Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  22. ^ "Geek Author Ethan Gilsdorf Talks Names, Games, and Giveaways!". WIRED. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  23. ^ Gilsdorf, Ethan (2010-09-01). Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest For Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, And Other Dwellers Of Imaginary Realms. Lyons Press. ISBN 9781599219943.
  24. ^ "Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms (Paperback)". WORD. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  25. ^ "Full text of "Make Magazine"". archive.org. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  26. ^ "Customer reviews: Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest For Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, And Other Dwellers Of Imaginary Realms". Amazon.com. 2022-02-22. Retrieved 2022-08-07.
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  31. ^ Artist of the Month
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  43. ^ "Members | Boston Society of Film Critics". www.bostonfilmcritics.org. Retrieved 2018-01-07.
  44. ^ Archer, Joshua. "Advisory Council". www.thegameacademy.org. Retrieved 2018-01-07.

External links

  • Ethan Gilsdorf's website
  • Ethan Gilsdorf author page on Amazon.com
  • Interview with Ethan Gilsdorf on Grinding to Valhalla
  • Wired.com Geek Dad review

Clausen, Elizabeth (March 18, 2010), , The Daily Reveille, archived from the original on September 27, 2011, retrieved 2010-03-26

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A major contributor to this article appears to have a close connection with its subject It may require cleanup to comply with Wikipedia s content policies particularly neutral point of view Please discuss further on the talk page January 2018 Learn how and when to remove this template message Ethan Gilsdorf born September 29 1966 is an American writer poet performer editor critic teacher and journalist Ethan GilsdorfGilsdorf in 2014Born 1966 09 29 September 29 1966 age 56 Dover New Hampshire United StatesNationalityAmericanAlma materHampshire College BA Louisiana State University MFA Occupation s writer journalist teacher performer poet criticAwardsBest American Essays 2016 Notable Essays Hobblestock Peace Poetry Competition Esme Bradberry Contemporary Poets PrizeWebsitewww wbr ethangilsdorf wbr comGilsdorf is the author of Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players Online Gamers and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms 1 Gilsdorf began his writing career in the 1990s as a poet He began writing nonfiction in 2000 as a Paris based freelance journalist 2 He now writes about arts culture media and technology and reviews books and films for such publications as The New York Times The Boston Globe Wired and Salon He also works as a writing instructor and consultant 3 Contents 1 Life 2 Career 2 1 Journalism reviews and essays 2 2 Book length memoir 2 3 Critical acclaim 2 4 Poetry and fiction 2 5 Teaching 2 6 Performances media appearances and public speaking 2 7 Other work literary and editorial service and fellowships 3 Books 4 References 5 External linksLife EditGilsdorf was born in Dover New Hampshire in 1966 and was raised in the nearby town of Lee Growing up he wanted to be a veterinarian cartoonist or filmmaker 4 He read kids adventure books and works of fantasy and science fiction and was an avid fan of Star Wars and Bugs Bunny among other cultural touchstones He began playing Dungeons amp Dragons in middle school 5 around the time he began to write his own Lord of the Rings rip offs 6 Gilsdorf has said that the artists writers and creative people who influenced him include filmmakers George Lucas 7 and Steven Spielberg Warner Bros cartoon animator Chuck Jones 8 Mad Magazine Dungeons amp Dragons co creator Gary Gygax 9 cartoonist Saul Steinberg comedian George Carlin 10 and writer J R R Tolkien 11 He attended Oyster River High School in Durham New Hampshire and graduated in 1984 He received his B A with a focus on film video and creative writing from Hampshire College in 1989 and his MFA with a focus on poetry from Louisiana State University in 1992 citation needed Gilsdorf has lived in Northampton and Amherst Massachusetts Brattleboro Vermont Baton Rouge Louisiana Paris France Somerville Massachusetts and currently lives in Providence Rhode Island citation needed Career EditJournalism reviews and essays Edit During a five year stay in Paris from 1999 to 2004 Gilsdorf got his start in journalism as a freelance travel hotel food and film writer for Fodor s travel guides and Time Out 12 In Paris and later in Boston he went on to publish features stories essays op ed and reviews on travel arts technology the media and pop culture regularly in The New York Times The Boston Globe Salon Boston Magazine and Wired He has published hundreds of articles and op eds in dozens of other magazines newspapers websites and guidebooks worldwide including Esquire CNN io9 com Playboy National Geographic Traveler Psychology Today The Christian Science Monitor San Francisco Chronicle USA Today The Washington Post Los Angeles Times He is a contributor to the blogs GeekDad formerly at Wired com Geek Pride on PsychologyToday com and Boston NPR affiliate WBUR s Cognoscenti and TheARTery 13 He specializes in immersive participatory journalism 14 wherein he tries out things and reports back on them being a pilgrim at Plimoth Plantation 15 re enacting the world of Stranger Things and the 1980s 16 or mountain biking in the French Pyrenees 17 His book reviews appear frequently in The New York Times Book Review and The Boston Globe and he is the film columnist for Art New England Gilsdorf has contributed to several books including the writing craft books Braving the Fire A Guide to Writing About Grief and Loss Create Your Writer Platform The Key to Building an Audience Selling More Books and Finding Success as an Author and the textbook Reading Culture Contexts for Critical Reading and Writing 18 8th edition He has also contributed to Fodor s Paris Fodor s France and Time Out Paris Eating and Drinking Ethan Gilsdorf with giant d20 his book Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks and his D amp D gaming materials taken in 2014 Book length memoir Edit Gilsdorf is the author of the travel memoir pop culture investigation Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players Online Gamers and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms published by Lyons Press in 2009 The book is a work of travel literature memoir and immersion journalism that explores fantasy and gaming subcultures The book was named a Must Read Book by the Massachusetts Book Awards 19 According to The Huffington Post Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks is full of encounters both funny and poignant 20 National Public Radio s Around and About describes the book as Lord of the Rings meets Jack Kerouac s On the Road Wired wrote For anyone who has ever spent time within imaginary realms 21 the book will speak volumes For those who have not it will educate and enlighten Wired also said It s the sort of book that if you re a lifelong geek like me you can t put down 22 Gandalf s got nothing on Ethan Gilsdorf except for maybe the monster white beard wrote the Boston Globe 23 verification needed The A V Club called it a fascinating memoir travel geek world exploration Booklist said Gilsdorf is an engaging and personable guide Like many who will pick up his book he s got one foot squarely in the real world the other in the fantasy one This is a journey well worth taking 24 and Make Magazine said A surprisingly moving memoir and ode to geek culture It s also a great book to give to friends and relatives who don t understand the appeal of this subculture This book rolled a natural d20 and the wonderful design gets a 2 bonus 25 The subject matter ranges from Dungeons amp Dragons gamers and live action role players or LARPers to Harry Potter wizard rockers and World of Warcraft players 26 Other subcultures and events the book investigates the legacy of Gary Gygax The Society for Creative Anachronism SCA and Pennsic War DragonCon aka Dragon Con a French castle building project called Guedelon J R R Tolkien and The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit fandom and a journey to New Zealand to see The Lord of the Rings film locations 27 Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks also explores Gilsdorf s own lifelong and at times twisted relationship to fantasy and gaming 28 Critical acclaim Edit Gilsdorf s book Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks was named a Must Read Book by the Massachusetts Book Awards 19 His essay The Day My Mother Became a Stranger published in Boston Magazine 29 was listed in Best American Essays 2016 as a Notable Essay 30 As a poet Gilsdorf is the winner of the Hobblestock Peace Poetry Competition 1999 and the Esme Bradberry Contemporary Poets Prize 1991 12 His poetry has been shortlisted for the Walt McDonald First Book Competition in Poetry the Bright Hill Press Poetry Award Competition the Maryland State Poetry amp Literary Society chapbook contest the Cleveland State University Poetry Center Prize the Discovery The Nation Contest and the Emily Dickinson Award in Poetry he was also a Finalist for the Academy of American Poets Prize He was named Artist of the Month January 2014 by the Somerville Mass Arts Council 31 The Boston Phoenix called Gilsdorf The hardest working geek we know The Quad called him Boston s nerdlord writer 32 and The Weekly Dig described Gilsdorf as Somerville s resident d20 dorkwad The Bostonist com called him Adorably amusing The Boston Globe wrote that Ethan Gilsdorf brings a bit of international cachet as well as a lively engaging reading style he is known for an eloquent yet accessible fusion of the natural world and urban culture The Somerville News said Gilsdorf captivated the audience with his passionate inflective reading Todd Swift poet author of Cafe Alibi and editor of Short Fuse The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry wrote Ethan Gilsdorf strikes me as a poetic Henry James for the 21st century the cosmopolitan American in Europe casting a cold eye on the old and new worlds and delivering an elegant retort to any suggestion that lyricism and wit cannot lie in the same bed He is one of the best of a new generation of poets emerging now and should be read Poetry and fiction Edit Gilsdorf has published poems in Poetry The Southern Review the North American Review Exquisite Corpse The Massachusetts Review Poetry London and several national and international anthologies including Outsiders Poems about Rebels Exiles and Renegades Radio Waves Poems Celebrating the Wireless Short Fuse The Global Anthology of New Fusion Poetry 100 Poets Against the War In the Criminal s Cabinet An Anthology of Poetry and Fiction and Future Welcome The Moosehead Anthology 10 His fiction has appeared in The Quarterly among other publications Teaching Edit Gilsdorf is co founder of GrubStreet s Young Adult Writers Program YAWP where he also leads creative writing workshops for adults in journalism travel writing and essay writing and poetry as well as book promotion and writing career planning 33 He has also taught creative writing and journalism at Louisiana State University Emerson College 34 and Mediabistro com He was the Dale Rogers Marshall Visiting Artist at Wheaton College Norton Mass He teaches writing in public schools and community centers in the Boston and Providence area Gilsdorf giving his TEDx talk Why Dungeons amp Dragons is Good for You In Real Life at the 2016 TEDx PiscataquaRiver event in Portsmouth New Hampshire Performances media appearances and public speaking Edit Gilsdorf frequently appears on NPR stations such as WGBH 35 WBUR and Wisconsin Public Radio 36 and has appeared on The Discovery Channel PBS CBC 37 BBC the Learning Channel the French TV network Arte the program La Revanche des Geeks Revenge of the Geeks and La therapie par le RPG RPG therapy in documentary films on podcasts and has been interviewed by publications in the UK Canada Argentina Brazil France and other countries He has lectured at schools universities at film and book festivals and at conventions and conferences worldwide such as Harvard University 38 MIT La Sorbonne the New York Public Library and the Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival 39 He also speaks frequently at gaming and pop culture conventions such as Pax Gen Con and DragonCon Gilsdorf is also a regular presenter performer moderator and host for Mortified Four Stories the Harvard Book Store and other venues His TEDx talk Why Dungeons amp Dragons is Good for You In Real Life 40 was given at the 2016 TEDx PiscataquaRiver event in Portsmouth New Hampshire Other work literary and editorial service and fellowships Edit Gilsdorf serves on GrubStreet s Board of Directors 41 He is also a member of the Boston Book Festival Program Committee 42 and the Boston Society of Film Critics 43 He is on the Advisory Council of The Game Academy 44 in San Francisco He is the former poetry editor of New Delta Review Louisiana State University the East Coast correspondent of The Common Review a contributing editor to Get Lost magazine Managing Editor of Frank An International Journal of Contemporary Writing amp Art Paris 12 and on the editorial board of La Traductiere Paris He has been awarded residencies at the Millay Colony for the Arts and Vermont Studio Center and grants from the Somerville Arts Council and Vermont Arts Council Books EditFantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players Online Gamers and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms The Lyons Press References Edit Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks by Ethan Gilsdorf www globepequot com Globe Pequot Retrieved 2018 01 17 Ethan Gilsdorf s schedule for Boston Book Festival 2017 Retrieved 2018 01 16 Meet a Grubbie Ethan Gilsdorf GrubStreet grubstreet org Retrieved 2018 01 16 Of Mouse Traps And Men cognoscenti Retrieved 2018 01 08 How Dungeons amp Dragons changed my life Salon 2011 03 09 Retrieved 2018 01 16 A lifelong love of escape Psychology Today Retrieved 2018 01 08 Star Wars And The Force It Awakened In Me www wbur org Retrieved 2018 01 07 Geek Dons Chain Mail Makes Fool of Self WIRED Retrieved 2018 01 07 How Dungeons amp Dragons changed my life Salon 2011 03 09 Retrieved 2018 01 07 In Their Own Private Bubble www wbur org Retrieved 2018 01 07 When a Fantasy Game Is Better Than Reality Baseball Hobbit Movie News and Rumors TheOneRing net 2011 04 11 Retrieved 2018 01 07 a b c 3am Experimental Fiction Poets No More Wind Swept Hilltops www 3ammagazine com Retrieved 2018 01 17 staff listing How did you write that Ethan Gilsdorf How did you write that 2015 02 02 Retrieved 2018 01 17 Pilgrim for a day The Boston Globe BostonGlobe com Retrieved 2018 01 17 The 80s Stranger things have happened The Boston Globe BostonGlobe com Retrieved 2018 01 17 Gilsdorf Ethan 2004 03 21 Mountain Biking in France Pedal Power The Washington Post ISSN 0190 8286 Retrieved 2018 01 17 George amp Trimbur Reading Culture 8th Edition Pearson www pearson com Retrieved 2018 01 17 a b Archived copy PDF Archived from the original PDF on 2011 07 20 Retrieved 2010 09 04 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint archived copy as title link Sirucek Stefan 2010 03 18 Geek Like Me A Review of Ethan Gilsdorf s Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks Huffington Post Retrieved 2018 01 07 Don t Try to Escape Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks WIRED Retrieved 2018 01 07 Geek Author Ethan Gilsdorf Talks Names Games and Giveaways WIRED Retrieved 2018 01 07 Gilsdorf Ethan 2010 09 01 Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks An Epic Quest For Reality Among Role Players Online Gamers And Other Dwellers Of Imaginary Realms Lyons Press ISBN 9781599219943 Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players Online Gamers and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms Paperback WORD Retrieved 2018 01 07 Full text of Make Magazine archive org Retrieved 2018 01 07 Customer reviews Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks An Epic Quest For Reality Among Role Players Online Gamers And Other Dwellers Of Imaginary Realms Amazon com 2022 02 22 Retrieved 2022 08 07 Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks Hits Paperback Lord of the Rings on Amazon Prime News JRR Tolkien the Hobbit and more TheOneRing net 29 August 2010 Diaz Johnny 2009 01 10 The never ending story The Boston Globe The Day My Mother Became a Stranger Meet a Grubbie Ethan Gilsdorf grubstreet org Retrieved 2018 01 17 Artist of the Month Cheapskate s Guide Week of June 13 The Quad buquad com 13 June 2011 Retrieved 2018 01 07 Grub Street Inc Instructor Bios G L Archived from the original on 2010 10 21 Retrieved 2010 09 04 Inactive Subsite Archived from the original on 2011 07 19 Retrieved 2010 09 04 What Can We Learn From Star Trek 50 Years Later WGBH News 2016 09 08 Retrieved 2018 01 07 Ethan Gilsdorf Wisconsin Public Radio 2013 08 27 Retrieved 2018 01 07 Schedule for Tuesday July 22 CBC Radio Retrieved 2018 01 08 How Dungeons amp Dragons and Fantasy Prepare You for Law and Life Berkman Klein Center cyber harvard edu Retrieved 2018 01 07 Neuchatel International Fantastic Film Festival NIFFF in French Retrieved 2018 01 07 TEDx Talks 2016 05 21 Why Dungeons amp Dragons is Good for You In Real Life Ethan Gilsdorf TEDxPiscataquaRiver retrieved 2018 01 07 Board amp Literary Council GrubStreet grubstreet org Retrieved 2018 01 07 About Us Boston Book Festival 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