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Mike Sager is a best-selling author and award-winning reporter. A former Washington Post staff writer under Watergate investigator Bob Woodward, he worked closely, during his years as a contributing editor to Rolling Stone, with gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson. Sager is the author of four collections of non-fiction, two novels, and one biography. He has served for more than fifteen years as a writer at large for Esquire. In 2010 he won the American Society of Magazine Editors’ National Magazine Award for profile writing for his article “The Man Who Never Was.” Many of his stories have been optioned for film. For more information, please see www.mikesager.com.

Sager is also the founding editor and publisher of The Sager Group. for more in ...more

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ON FACING YOUR BIGGEST FAILURES

I have come nearly 2,400 miles to speak about my failure. The theater is full. The house lights are dark. The spotlights are bright, shining in my eyes. There will be a video posted. Unless the internet goes the way of the floppy disk, anyone will be able to watch for all eternity.

My allotted time is nine minutes.

Why did I agree to do this?

The last time I appeared as a performer on stage—not as a Read more of this blog post »

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Published on April 19, 2014 10:34 • Tags: children, crack, dads, failure, fatherhood, kids

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	Scary Monsters and Super Freaks: Stories of Sex, Drugs, Rock 'N' Roll and Murder 3.87 avg rating — 261 ratings — published 2003 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Revenge of the Donut Boys: True Stories of Lust, Fame, Survival and Multiple Personality 3.47 avg rating — 87 ratings — published 2007 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Devil and John Holmes: And Other True Stories of Drugs, Porn and Murder 3.64 avg rating — 59 ratings — published 2014 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Shaman: The Mysterious Life and Impeccable Death of Carlos Castaneda 3.44 avg rating — 59 ratings — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wounded Warriors: Those for Whom the War Never Ends 3.90 avg rating — 49 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Deviant Behavior: A Novel of Sex, Drugs, Fatherhood, and Crystal Skulls 2.72 avg rating — 43 ratings — published 2008 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Janet’s World: The Inside Story of Washington Post Pulitzer Fabulist Janet Cooke (TSG's Women in Journalism Series) 3.86 avg rating — 28 ratings — published 2013 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Next Wave: America's New Generation of Great Literary Journalists by Mike Sager (Goodreads Author), Walt Harrington (Editor) really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 24 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Someone You're Not: True Stories of Sports, Celebrity, Politics & Pornography 4.05 avg rating — 22 ratings — published 2012 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Stoned Again: The High Times and Strange Life of a Drugs Correspondent 3.90 avg rating — 10 ratings — published 2015 — 4 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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