Out in the World: A Conversation with Mark Jason Williams

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Mark Jason Williams is an award-winning playwright, essayist, and travel writer who has visited 50 countries across all seven continents. In addition to writing for National Geographic, his work is published in The New York Times, The Washington Post, HuffPost, Out Magazine, Wired, Thrillist, Time Out, Salon, The Globe and Mail, Good Housekeeping, and more. Out in the World is his first book. Mark is a survivor of childhood leukemia, an experience that shaped his never-ending curiosity and wanderlust, and is a lifelong New Yorker with a BFA in Dramatic Writing from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts. He lives with his husband and two senior rescue dogs, Layla and Parsley. For more, please visit him at markjasonwilliams.com.
Here, at last, is the LGBTQIA guidebook you’ve been waiting for—and one that will inspire you to make that bucket list and go out in the world! Join award-winning writer Mark Jason Williams in celebration of Out in the World, the first-ever inclusive travel guidebook for the LGBTQIA+ community and allies. Within the beautifully illustrated pages of Out in the World, readers will find hidden gems, vibrant cultural hubs, and welcoming spaces — without focusing solely on bars and pride parades! Williams will be in conversation with the Managing Editor of Watermark, Ryan Williams-Jent!

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