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    Daniel Oppen­heimer

    Daniel Oppen­heimer is a writer and film­mak­er whose arti­cles and videos have been fea­tured in The New York Times, The Atlantic, Tablet Mag­a­zine, and Salon​.com. He has an MFA in non­fic­tion writ­ing from Colum­bia Uni­ver­si­ty and is a Direc­tor of Strate­gic Com­mu­ni­ca­tions at the Uni­ver­si­ty of Texas at Austin. Oppen­heimer was born in New York City and cur­rent­ly lives in Austin, Texas with his wife and children.

    The Sub­merged ​“I”

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    An Author’s First Book Is Always Their Second

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    An Author’s First Book Is Always Their Sec­ond Attempt

    Ear­li­er this week, Daniel Oppen­heimer shared his thor­ough­ly sec­u­lar affil­i­a­tion with Joseph and the per­son­al inner tur­moil reflect­ed in his book Exit Right: The…
    Daniel Oppen­heimer
    February 12, 2016
    Essay

    My Own Mas­ter of My Own Dreams

    Ear­li­er this week, Daniel Oppen­heimer shared the per­son­al inner tur­moil reflect­ed in his book Exit Right: The Peo­ple Who Left the Left and Reshaped the Amer­i­can…
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    February 10, 2016
    Essay

    The Sub­merged ​“I”

    Daniel Oppen­heimer is the author of Exit Right: The Peo­ple Who Left the Left and Reshaped the Amer­i­can Cen­tu­ry. He will be blog­ging here all week as part of the Vis­it­ing…
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    February 8, 2016
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    Exit Right: The Peo­ple Who Left the Left and Reshaped the Amer­i­can Century
    Daniel Oppen­heimer

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