![]() ![]() In 2007, the quarterly art & culture journal Cabinet began publishing Foer's column "A Minor History Of." The column "examines an overlooked cultural phenomenon using a timeline."įoer has organized several websites and organizations based on his interests. ![]() Moonwalking with Einstein describes Foer's journey as a participatory journalist to becoming a national champion mnemonist, under the tutelage of British Grand_Master_of_Memory, Ed Cooke.įoer's work has appeared in The New York Times, The Washington Post, Slate, and The Nation. Memory Championship "speed cards" event by memorizing a deck of 52 cards in 1 minute and 40 seconds. ![]() He received a $1.2 million advance for the concept when he was just 22 plus a movie option. He then went on to graduate from Yale University, where he lived in Silliman College, in 2004.įoer is married to Dinah Herlands, a medical student at Yale, whom he met while an undergraduate at Yale.įoer sold his first book, Moonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything, to Penguin for publication in March 2011. He is the son of Esther Foer, president of a public relations firm, and Albert Foer, a think-tank president. Foer is the younger brother of New Republic editor Franklin Foer and novelist Jonathan Safran Foer. ![]()
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