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The Next Next Level (AMA TODAY 12 PM PST)

A contemporary story of art, obsession, fame, ambition

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Leon Neyfakh
@leoncrawl · Reporter, Slate Magazine
OK, thanks a lot, everyone! Now go buy the book :D http://www.amazon.com/The-Next-L...

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Erik Torenberg
@eriktorenberg · Former Product Hunt
My pleasure to welcome Leon for an AMA today at 12 PM PST....ask q's in advance! :) BIO: Leon Neyfakh used mornings, evenings, and weekends while working as a reporter at the Boston Globe to write "The Next Next Level," a book about creative ambition, failure, and growing up. In the book, Leon uses his complicated friendship with a cult rapper named Juicebo… See more
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Leon Neyfakh
@leoncrawl · Reporter, Slate Magazine
OK, thanks a lot, everyone! Now go buy the book :D http://www.amazon.com/The-Next-L...
Harry Stebbings
@harrystebbings · Podcast Host @ The Twenty Minute VC
Leon thanks so much for giving up your time today! I wanted to know what was the driving force in your head when you were giving up every hour to write the book? How Did you stay focussed and not get disheartened at missing parts of life due to the dedication to finishing the book? Also along the process did you ever have severe self doubt and how did you ge… See more
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Leon Neyfakh
@leoncrawl · Reporter, Slate Magazine
Hello! I'm excited to do this AMA at 12 PM PST. For now, I thought I would post a few words about some books -- by Ben Lerner, Masha Gessen, Carl Wilson, Vladimir Nabokov, Sheila Heti, Daniel Kelhmann, and Choire Sicha -- that inspired me and shaped my thinking about "The Next Next Level" as I worked on it. Ben Lerner — “Leaving the Atocha Station” A nov… See more
Corley
@corleyh · COO @ Product Hunt
@leoncrawl so excited to have you here! Appreciate you taking the time - can you tell us what Jukeboxxx has been up to since the book?