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Doug Levitt (born 1972) is an American singer-songwriter and writer known principally for his eight-year project, ''The Greyhound Diaries''.〔The Gloria Minott Show / MetroWatch, WPFW, Pacifica Radio November 24, 2010〕〔Mary Huhn, The New York Post - Music Section, June 8, 2005〕 In 2004, Levitt set out on his first six-week journey by Greyhound and began writing songs and stories about fellow travelers, many struggling to get by. The journey, modeled on WPA-era projects that drew a fuller portrait of America, is ongoing, passing 80,000 miles at the end of 2012. Levitt has been featured by CNN, MSNBC, Fox News, The Wall Street Journal, Billboard, and Reuters.〔Fox News, Fox & Friends, Aircheck, November 4, 2006〕〔The Greyhound Diaries on CNN https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dikCJkDlbDs〕〔The Greyhound Diaries at The Dylan Ratigan Show https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GLwvc_Ug0pE〕The Greyhound Diaries has resulted in two EP recordings, a one-man show, and a web series. Prior to embarking on his long journey, Levitt was a foreign correspondent. Based in London, he dispatched from Iran, Rwanda, and Bosnia for, among others, ABC and NBC.〔Malibu, “Doug Levitt, The Greyhound Diaries,” magazine March 8, 2008〕 == Life == Levitt is the youngest child of former Washington, D.C. City Councilmember and mayoral candidate Carol Schwartz and husband David Schwartz. He attended the Washington, D.C. public schools, graduating from Woodrow Wilson High School. When Levitt was 16, he discovered his father dead from suicide, an experience he’s cited in interviews as instrumental in his path toward becoming an artist. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Doug Levitt」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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