John Bowe

Who is John Bowe?

John Bowe is the author and editor of three books: Us: Americans Talk About Love; Nobodies: Modern American Slave Labor and the Dark Side of the New Global Economy; and Gig: Americans Talk About Their Jobs. He is a contributing writer for the New York Times. He has also written for The New Yorker, The American Prospect, GQ, McSweeney’s and This American Life. He co-wrote the screenplay for the film Basquiat with Julian Schnabel.

He graduated from Minneapolis' Blake School in 1982, obtained an honors BA in English from the University of Minnesota in 1987 and earned an MFA in film from the Columbia University School of the Arts in 1996.

Bowe appeared on The Daily Show on September 24, 2007 to talk about his book Nobodies, which examines slavery in modern America.