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All these Leaders need is a pen and paper….erm, make that a laptop to feel complete. From comedians and editors to poets, sports writers and screenwriters, explore individuals who string together words to make magic materialize.

40 LEADERS WITHIN WRITING

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  Alastair Paulin

  Managing Editor
  Mother Jones Magazine
  Other interests: Journalism, Politics
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  Alex Steffen

  Executive Editor
  Worldchangingblog
  Other interests: Environment & Nature, Journalism
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  Ann Powers

  Rock Journalist/Senior Curator
  Experience Music Project
  Other interests: Journalism, Music
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  Antonio Sacre

  Actor/Storyteller
  
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  Atoosa Rubenstein

  Editor-In-Chief
  Seventeen Magazine
  Other interests: Fashion, Journalism
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  Ben Younger

  Writer/Director
  The Boiler Room
  Other interests: Film
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  Ben Zander

  Music Conductor
  Boston Philharmonic
  Other interests: Music
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  Betty Cortina

  Editorial Director
  Latina Magazine
  Other interests: Journalism
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  Bob Randall

  Musician/Writer/Documentarian
  Other interests: Musicians
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  Caroline Thompson

  Writer
  Edward Scissorhands and Corpse Bride
  Other interests: Film
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  Chris Kraus

  Writer/Filmmaker
  Other interests: Film
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  Craig Brewer

  Film Director/Screenwriter
  Other interests: Film
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  David Farrar

  Political Blogger
  Kiwiblog
  Other interests: Journalism, Politics
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  David Fricke

  Senior Editor
  Rolling Stone Magazine
  Other interests: Journalism, Music
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  Debbie Stoller

  Editor
  Bust Magazine
  Other interests: Journalism
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  Devorah Major

  Poet/Novelist/Essayist
  San Francisco Poet Laureate 2002-2006
  
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  Gene Bourg

  Food Critic & Restaurant Reviewer
  The Times-Picayune
  Other interests: Food, Journalism
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  Grace Lee Boggs

  Social Activist/Writer/Founder
  Boggs Center
  Other interests: Non-Profit Organizations, Politics
• 
  Gwen Zepeda

  Writer
  
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  Jane Smiley

  Novelist
  A Thousand Acres
  
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  Jessica Jiji

  Newswriter
  United Nations
  Other interests: Government, Journalism
• 
  Jill Soloway

  Writer/Producer
  HBO's Six Feet Under
  Other interests: Film, Television
• 
  Jim Derogatis

  Music Critic
  Chicago Sun-Times
  Other interests: Journalism, Music
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  Joseph Haggerty

  Sports Writer
  Woburn Daily Times
  Other interests: Journalism, Sports
• 
  Julie Jensen

  Playwright
  Other interests: Acting & Theatre
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  Kalle Lasn

  Founder
  Adbusters Magazine
  Other interests: Journalism, Politics
• 
  Kate White

  Editor-in-Chief
  Cosmopolitan Magazine
  Other interests: Journalism
• 
  Marc Kelly Smith

  Founder
  Poetry Slam Movement
  
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  Mary Spio

  Editor
  One2One Living
  Other interests: Journalism
• 
  Matthew Nolan

  Writer/Poet
  
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  Michael Parenti

  Activist
  Other interests: Politics
• 
  Mike Henry

  Slam Poet
  Austin Slam Poetry
  
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  Mike Thorne

  Coordinator
  Maximumrocknroll Magazine
  Other interests: Journalism, Music
• 
  Paul Mecurio

  Comedian/Writer
  Other interests: Acting & Theatre
• 
  Peter Travers

  Film Critic
  Rolling Stone Magazine
  Other interests: Film, Journalism
• 
  Randy Komisar

  Entrepreneur/Author
  Other interests: Entrepreneurship
• 
  Richard Florida

  Author
  
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  Richard Linklater

  Filmmaker/Writer
  Detour Film
  Other interests: Film
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  RL Stine

  Author
  Goosebumps
  
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  Youth Speaks

  Arts-In-Education Organization
  Other interests: Non-Profit Organizations