Dan Kois

Dan Kois is a writer, editor, and podcaster at Slate , where his work has been nominated for two National Magazine Awards and two Writers Guild Awards. He's the author of the novel Vintage Contemporaries; How to Be a Family , a memoir; The World Only Spins Forward (with Isaac Butler), which was a 2019 Stonewall Honor Book; and Facing Future , a book of music criticism and biography. He is a frequent guest and host of Slate 's Culture Gabfest podcast, was a founding host of Slate 's Mom and Dad...See more

Dan Kois is a writer, editor, and podcaster at Slate , where his work has been nominated for two National Magazine Awards and two Writers Guild Awards. He's the author of the novel Vintage Contemporaries; How to Be a Family , a memoir; The World Only Spins Forward (with Isaac Butler), which was a 2019 Stonewall Honor Book; and Facing Future , a book of music criticism and biography. He is a frequent guest and host of Slate 's Culture Gabfest podcast, was a founding host of Slate 's Mom and Dad Are Fighting podcast, and hosts The Martin Chronicles , a podcast about Martin Amis. He grew up in Milwaukee, where his first job was delivering the Milwaukee Sentinel , and now lives with his family in Virginia. See less