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Tom Bissell Tom Bissell (born 1974) is a journalist, critic, and fiction writer, originally from Escanaba, Michigan, and currently based in Los Angeles, California. ==Life and work== He studied English at Michigan State University in East Lansing. In 1996, the 22-year-old went to Uzbekistan as a volunteer for the Peace Corps.〔(Tom Bissell, Rolf Potts' Vagabonding )〕 He was there for seven months before returning home. He then worked as a book editor in New York City and published, among other books, ''The Collected Stories of Richard Yates'' and Paula Fox's memoir ''Borrowed Finery''.〔McSweeney's Internet Tendency: Tom Bissell, http://www.mcsweeneys.net/authorpages/bissell/bissell.html〕 He is a frequent reviewer for The New York Times Book Review. Bissell's father served in the Marines during the Vietnam War, alongside author and journalist Philip Caputo. The two remained friends during Bissell's childhood and Caputo read Bissell's work and encouraged him in his early writing efforts.
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