Aaron Gilbreath works at the Ore­gon Jew­ish Muse­um and Cen­ter for Holo­caust Edu­ca­tion. He’s writ­ten for The Atlantic, Sier­ra, Harper’s, The New York Times, Ora, High Times, Spin, and The Dublin Review. His work has been not­ed in Best Amer­i­can Essays, Best Amer­i­can Trav­el Writ­ing, Best Amer­i­can Sports Writ­ing, and won an LA Press Club award for envi­ron­men­tal jour­nal­ism. His third book, The Heart of Cal­i­for­nia: Explor­ing the San Joaquin Val­ley, was a final­ist for the Ore­gon Book Award.