Joe Wood was attending the Unity ’99 journalism conference in Seattle when he went for a hike on Mount Rainier and never returned. Wood was a frequent contributor to the Village Voice and numerous other publications through the 1980's and 90's. He was also an editor at The New Press, which made him one of the few Black editors in New York book publishing. His disappearance left a hole in his community and in that of the reading public. Wood’s story, along with many others about the country’s first alt-weekly, is part of Alta Journal contributor Tricia Romano’s new book, The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the “Village Voice,” the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture. Romano sits down with Alta senior editor (and former Village Voice online editor) Matt Haber and Wood's friend and colleague, author Martha Southgate to share Wood’s story and details of his disappearance. Romano and Haber will also discuss the incredible history of the Voice and take your questions about this journalistic institution.
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23 окт 2024
