Andrew Leland

Andrew Leland

Host/Producer, The Organist

Andrew Leland is the host and producer of the Organist. He’s been an editor of the Believer since 2003 and has edited books for McSweeney’s, Vintage, Chronicle and elsewhere. His writing has appeared in McSweeney’s Quarterly, the San Francisco Chronicle, BOMB magazine, the catalog for the 2014 Whitney Biennial, and elsewhere. He was an editor in residence at the Oakland Museum of California from 2011–12. He’s taught at Smith College, the University of Missouri, the Banff Centre and Transom. He currently teaches in the Journalism Department at UMass-Amherst and is a contributing editor of the Believer magazine.

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Andrew Leland talks about his fears of going completely blind, how it would affect his marriage and family, and living in a world largely hostile to blind people.

Replay: Alienation and acceptance: Andrew Leland writes about loss of sight

Andrew Leland talks about his fears of going completely blind, how it would affect his marriage and family, and living in a world largely hostile to blind people.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

Andrew Leland talks about his fears of going completely blind, how it would affect his marriage and family, and living in a world largely hostile to blind people.

Discomfort and alienation of blindness: Andrew Leland opens up in memoir

Andrew Leland talks about his fears of going completely blind, how it would affect his marriage and family, and living in a world largely hostile to blind people.

from Press Play with Madeleine Brand

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