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Tony Hiss

Tony Hiss

Tony Hiss was a staff writer for the New Yorker for more than 30 years and is currently a visiting scholar at New York University. Hiss is the author of 13 books, including The Experience of Place, The View from Alger's Window and In Motion: The Experience of Travel. The National Recreation and Park Association's National Literary Award praised his lifetime of "spellbinding and poignant writing." Photo by Michael Lionstar.

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