Sean Manning is the author of The Things That Need Doing: A Memoir (Broadway, 2010) and editor of four critically–acclaimed anthologies: The Show I'll Never Forget: 50 Writers Relive Their Most Memorable Concertgoing Experience; Rock and Roll Cage Match: Music's Greatest Rivalries, Decided; Top of the Order: 25 Writers Pick Their Favorite Baseball Player of All–Time; and Bound to Last: 30 Writers on Their Most Cherished Book. He has contributed to The Village Voice, The Daily Beast, Deadspin, New York Press, BlackBook, The Awl, The Millions and The Brooklyn Rail and is a frequent guest commentator on WNYC's "Soundcheck." He lives in Brooklyn, New York. His favorite bar is Akron, Ohio's now–closed Shots.
"A fascinating look into drinking culture around the world" —Condé
Nast Traveler
"An intoxicating tour" —Time Out New York
"Between the bars, locales, themes and the writers themselves,
there is something here for pretty much everyone." —Forbes.com
"This delightful collection of stories takes readers on a journey
to cherished watering holes across North America, Europe, the
Middle East, and Asia."—Fodor's Travel 2014 Holiday Gift Guide
"Well–curated collection of anecdotes, stories and sorrowful
remembrances ...A delightful collection that will surely inspire
many bar–hopping tours."—Kirkus Reviews
"Like a good bar, the book's clientele of writers and the bars,
dives, lounges, and hooch parlors they write about are a diverse,
talkative, friendly, serious and funny bunch."—Seattle Magazine
"A reminder that no matter where you are in the world there is
always a place nearby that feels like home." —The Paris Review
"Emotionally resonant, diving well beyond simple stories about
watering holes"—Bustle
"The handsomely designed, 352–page book covers everything from
dives to 'upscale joints,' from Antarctica to Paris. It's often
funny, occasionally touching and definitely succeeds in making you
thirsty"—The Missoula Independent
"A magnificent celebration of local bars"—Largehearted Boy
"In this collection of essays, writers including Joe Meno, Rosie
Schaap, and Craig Finn pay tribute to the bars that have shaped
them. It's an outstanding and talented group, and a subject that's
close to the hearts of many literary types."—Vol. 1 Brooklyn
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