Michael Paterniti is an American writer known for magazine articles in publications such as ''Harper's'', ''the New'' ''

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,'' '' GQ,'' and ''

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,'' as well as his book '' The Telling Room'' (2013). Paterniti lives in

Portland, Maine Portland is the List of municipalities in Maine, most populous city in the U.S. state of Maine and the county seat, seat of Cumberland County, Maine, Cumberland County. Portland's population was 68,408 at the 2020 census. The Portland metropolit ...

and was born in

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. After his graduation from the

University of Michigan The University of Michigan (U-M, U of M, or Michigan) is a public university, public research university in Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States. Founded in 1817, it is the oldest institution of higher education in the state. The University of Mi ...

, Paterniti pursued a career as an editor and magazine writer. Paterniti is the author of ''"Driving Mr. Albert: A Trip Across America with Einstein's Brain",'' his account of a cross-country car trip with the pathologist who performed Albert Einstein’s

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and Einstein’s brain itself. The book won the 1998

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. In 2015, he published a collection of his best magazine stories, ''Love And Other Ways Of Dying: Essays''. It was longlisted for the National Book Awards in that year.

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