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Ethan Gilsdorf
writer
Ethan Gilsdorf has contributed travel, art, and pop culture stories to *The New York Times* and *The Washington Post*. He currently teaches creative writing at Boston’s Grub Street and Emerson College and serves as a film critic for *The Boston Globe*. His book *Fantasy Freaks and Gaming Geeks: An Epic Quest for Reality Among Role Players, Online Gamers, and Other Dwellers of Imaginary Realms* is an examination of role-playing and online gaming culture.