Steve Almond: What Is this Gawker You Speak Of?

“Any sign that I knew who he was, that he mattered to me in any way, would simply give him too much pleasure ...So I had to be very detached. My plan was simple - I would pretend I didn't know who he was.”

We've always found Steve Almond's writing enjoyable, mostly because of his willingness to write honestly and hilariously about his own neuroses and flaws. via New York Magazine