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Nate Hardcastle is the editor of Deep Blue: Stories of Shipwreck, Sunken Treasure and Survival. He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1995, and has worked as a journalist and community activist. Nate is associate editor of Adrenaline Books. He lives in Bowdoinham, Maine

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Lots of great essays, some better than others. It probably was the topic, though, not the actual writing.
 
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DBrigandi | 1 other review | Jul 3, 2017 |
Lots of great essays, some better than others. It probably was the topic, though, not the actual writing.
 
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DBrigandi | 1 other review | Jul 3, 2017 |
I'm a contributor to this book, which features digested social issue/political journalism from the early-to-mid 'aughts. Floored to have been included with some of these remarkable authors. I did see a review that docked this collection a star because the journalists didn't suggest solutions--I can understand that desire, but that's not how journalism works. As journalists, our job is to document a problem, to shine a light on something that has been in the shadows, and to inspire others to come up with solutions. If journalists got into the solutions game, they'd cease being journalists and become advocates. This violates one of the foundational tenets of journalism.… (more)
 
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bookofmoons | 1 other review | Sep 1, 2016 |
Despite the uneven quality, I liked this collection of survival stories - both non-fiction and fiction.
 
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Scarchin | Nov 12, 2013 |

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