by Mary Pilon
“fantasy machines whose use is addictive” Susan Sontag, On Photography (New York: Penguin, 1977).
‘None of that matters.’ Kevin Hall author interview, February 23, 2017.
A NOTE ON THE AUTHOR
Mary Pilon is the author of The Monopolists, the critically acclaimed and New York Times bestselling history of the board game. A regular contributor to The New Yorker, Esquire, Fast Company, MSNBC, Vice, Politico, and Bloomberg BusinessWeek, among other news outlets, Pilon worked as a staff reporter at the New York Times and the Wall Street Journal and as an Emmy-nominated producer for NBC Sports at the 2016 Rio Olympics. She lives in Brooklyn. Visit her website at marypilon.com and follow her on Twitter at @marypilon.
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