Wayne Curtis Email & Phone Number

I’ve written everything from longform features to short book reviews for a broad range of publications, including the Wall Street Journal, New York Times, Architect, American Archeology, The Smart Set, Sunset, Imbibe, Men’s Journal, Canadian Geographic, American Heritage, American Scholar, enRoute, Via, Yankee, and the radio program This American Life..

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

I'm a co-founder (with writer Brett Martin) of Taste & Place NOLA, a writing workshop and experiential retreat for writers and lovers of New Orleans. This first workshoip will be Oct 5-10, 2024. It's designed for writers of all levels who have the drive to improve their travel and food writing skills. The workshop will feature in-class writing instruction.

New Orleans, Louisiana, United States

The New Orleans Spirits Competition will launch in July 2022 in conjunction with Tales of the Cocktail, the world's leading cocktail conference. All producers of all spirits are invited to submit the best of what they make to be rated and critiqued by the best in the business.

Frequent presenter on the history, craft and science of cocktails, spirits, and bars. Have given presentations to groups from 15 to 150 on topics ranging from rum’s sordid history to how our tastes alter as we age, from the science and lore of the hangover to how barrels actually work (you’d be surprised). I cover the craft spirits and craft cocktail world.

"The Last Great Walk: The True Story of a 1909 Walk from New York to San Francisco and Why It Matters Today" is a John Henry kind of tale, man vs. machine, exploring what happens when humans spend five million years learning to walk, then a century trying to forget what they once knew. Available through the usual channels. Learn more at.

Washington DC-Baltimore Area

I’ve published more than 50 stories in The Atlantic’s print magazine since 2001, and was a contributing editor from 2005 to 2018. Between 2008 to 2014 I wrote the “Drinks” column, covering spirits, bars, cocktails, and the science of alcohol, and have also written regularly for the magazine about modern and historic architecture, travel, mailbox vandalism.

First published in 2006, this history of America's bottom shelf spirit had excerpts or adaptations appear in The Atlantic, American Heritage, and American Scholar. It was called "original and interesting" by Jonathan Yardley of the Washington Post, was featured in an interview on NPR's "All Things Considered," It remains a much-used text for semi-serious.

I wrote two guidebooks for Frommer's: eastern Canada and northern New England. I updated the guidebooks annually for five years, traveling frequently between Vermont and Newfoundland and points in between via 1985 VW camper, regularly visiting about 300 inns and hotels, and eating at too many restaurants. The kayaking and hiking was fun, though.