There are no strangers on planet earth.
He followed with the publication of "This Bed" in the June 22 , 1992 issue, and earlier this year, both stories were incorporated into the novel "A Stranger on the Planet," which follows Seth Shapiro through his life.
Like a stranger from another planet, he confronts the most banal litter of everyday existence (a subway ticket, a coffee shop multi-punch "loyalty card") with perplexity and excessive focus.
Like strangers from another planet, autistic children plummet into a world of incomprehensible flux, where only inanimate objects hold (but don't always deliver) the promise of stillness and control of change.
Tropical pitcher plants are among the planet's stranger species, digesting ants and other insects that slip and fall into their bowls.
His columns, essays, profiles, and short stories have appeared in the American Prospect, Chicago Reader, OC Weekly, Punk Planet, the Stranger, VICE, and the Village Voice.
He is devoted not only to his family, his work and his friends, but also to strangers and the entire planet.
However, I did my best receiving the incredible blessing of some amazing global press, along with love and hate emails from strangers all over the planet, while raising my toddler and yes, photographing, completing and publishing my first-ever book.
