Chris Ritter

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Essays

A Weekend in Chappell Roan’s Kansas City – Condé Nast Traveler

On “Separate Ways (Worlds Apart)” by Journey, and the Act of Yelling While Sad – March Xness

Whenever I Travel, I Stay With My Friends—And You Should Too – Condé Nast Traveler

Jacob Collier and the Joy of Being a Nerd – Cognoscenti

Second to Nature: Generations of Surfing at a Maine College – Bowdoin Magazine

The Long Road to Running in a City – UltraSignup

Noah Kahan and Lessons From the Northern Attitude – Cognoscenti

I Love Planning Surf Trips. Catching COVID Made Me Actually Go On One. – Blue Ridge Outdoors

Surfing, College Re-openings, and Living With Uncertainty: Lessons for a Pandemic – Cognoscenti

Interviews

Fortuno, on ‘making it’ – Bowdoin Magazine

Blake Slatkin, on producing #1 hits but no one knowing who he is – Genius

Andrea Bocelli, on home and travel – Condé Nast Traveler

Justin Peck and Jackie Sibblies Drury, on making the Sufjan Stevens-inspired musical, Illinoise – Condé Nast Traveler

Khruangbin, on channeling a world of funk via Houston – Condé Nast Traveler

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