Michael Lev­itin stud­ied his­to­ry at UC San­ta Cruz and earned his MS from Colum­bia Jour­nal­ism School. His writ­ing has appeared in The Atlantic, The Guardian, LA Times, Newsweek, and TIME. He was co-found­ing edi­tor of the Occu­pied Wall Street Jour­nal and found­ing edi­tor of the Prague Lit­er­ary Review. He lives in Berke­ley, Cal­i­for­nia with his part­ner and daughter.