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Edward Ericson Jr.
Edward Ericson Jr., a former staff writer for the Baltimore
City Paper
, has been a reporter since 1987. He has also written for the
Providence Journal-Bulletin
,
Washington Monthly
,
SPIN
, and
Harper's.