All That You Leave Behind: A Memoir(64)



To Mom: I know this is hard; thank you for understanding.

To Derek Stump: Thank you for your help with the Medium piece and the early drafts of these chapters. I am excited to read your book one day.

To William Patrick: You, too, have a myth.

To Jessica Nordell: Your notes meant the world to me.

To Leah Carroll: I hung up your early encouragement on my wall.

To the Carr family: John, Joe, Missy, Lisa, and Jim.

Ta-Nehisi Coates, Lena Dunham, A. O. Scott.

Sheila Nevins and Sara Bernstein. Docuwitches for life!

Andrew Rossi: I love making movies with you and our team/family. You teach me how to be a better journalist, director, and friend.

Moving pictures: Andrew Coffman, Bryan Sarkinen, Alison Byrne, Ian Hultquist, Kate Novack, Neil Cohen, Sarah Gibson, Jen Maylack, Alex Gibney, Rob Booth, Shane Sigler, Richard Levengood, Stacey Offman, Brian McGinn, Janet Pierson, Bethany Haynes.

Jasper Lin, Erin Tonken, Diana Lauren Gonzalez-Morett, Jeremy Barr, Zoe Miller, Tim Cheng, Macaela Sears, Hamilton Nolan, Matt Yoka, Patricia Bosworth, Justin Reed, Kathleen Flood, Jake Grupp, Sophie Saint Thomas, Rhana Natour, Bruce Orwall, Anna Reinhart, Vicki Davis, Amy Emmerich, Heather McCabe, Chris Russo, Elise Furer, Solange Lasso, Katie Drummond, Maxine Presto, Malcolm Harris, Katherine Lanpher, Lam Thuy Vo, Ariella Abuaf, Cora Engelbrecht, Michael Borrelli, Mel Clark, Faith Gaskins, Liz Horowitz, Jeff Aldrich, Danielle Neftin, John Otis, Kenyatta Matthews, Yana Collins Lehman, and Jenna Wortham.

Ballantine Books, Penguin Random House, Medium.

To anyone who has ever agreed to sit down for an interview with me. I know what it feels like now.

To Yunna, my muse and cheerleader: You are one of the smartest, most empathic people I know. You root for others and that is a rarity. I root for you, today and always. Plus you got me to love beets!

YOU (for reading this; now go write someone you love an email).

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