Jason Bitner (born
Glen Ellyn, Illinois) is an author and project producer currently living in
Chicago
(''City in a Garden''); I Will
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Illinois
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. He is the co-creator of
Found Magazine, a show-and-tell project celebrating found notes, letters and other ephemera; the creator of
Cassette from My Ex, a storytelling project about love and
mixtapes; and producer for the documentary movie ''
La Porte, Indiana'', based on Bitner's book of the same title.
Bitner's work has been widely published and reviewed, and has been featured in print, web, radio, and television appearances including ''
The New York Times
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The Chicago Tribune'', ''
The Boston Globe
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National Public Radio
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[ and '']The New Yorker
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References
External links
Cassette From My Ex
''LaPorte, Indiana''
Found Magazine
Year of birth missing (living people)
Living people
American non-fiction writers
Film producers from Illinois
People from Glen Ellyn, Illinois
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