Barry Yourgrau

Writer & performer Barry Yourgrau is the author of a memoir, Mess, as well as distinctive books of magical short fiction including A Man Jumps Out of An Airplane (new edition, May 2017), Wearing Dad's Head, Haunted Traveller,and The Sadness of Sex, in whose film version he starred. He's appeared on MTV and NPR, written for NY Times, New Yorker.com, VICE, and Paris Review. Born in South Africa, he came to the US as a child. He lives in New York and Istanbul.