Michael Venutolo-Mantovani*

Writer, musician, record label owner, expatriated New Yorker, and grown boy from the Jersey Shore based in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Scroll down for some of my favorite clips.
*It’s pronounced “Ven-you-toll-oh Mon-tove-ah-nee”
Writing
CULTURE
'The Face of Black Snowboarding' is 'Looking for the Next Me' for The New York Times
Family History, Uncovered in Quarantine for The New York Times
The Quiet Rise of Martin Truex Jr. for The New York Times
Southern is Not a Style for The New York Times
From Tragedy to Triumph: Nida Allam's History-Making Journey for The Bitter Southerner (featured on Longreads)
I Think I'm Going to Miss Being Locked Down for The Guardian
Biking Across the Ocean... Kinda for The Radavist
These Adults Moved Back with Mom and Dad During the Pandemic. Did They Regret It? for The Guardian
How Mick Jagger Rocked a Plucky Charlotte Dive Bar for Garden & Gun
Dispatch from a Most Ridiculous Bike Race for Bicycling Magazine
On Climbing While Clydesdale for Bicycling Magazine
Finding Mississippi John Hurt for Salvation South
Seeds For Marvin for Salvation South
The A-to-Zs of Record Collecting for Discogs
NASCAR’S Big Star: Brehanna Daniels is Having a Good Year for Victory Journal
How I Learned to Shoot from a Pair of Green Berets for Guns and Ammo/AR-15 Magazine
TRAVEL
The East Coast Greenway is Becoming One of America's Most Visited Outdoor Spaces for Condé Nast Traveler
Exploring Ancient Italian Villages, Our Ten-Month-Old in Tow for The Toronto Star
Where Do the Travel Writers Long to Travel? for The Toronto Star
Five Sites That Tell North Carolina's Civil Rights Story for Our State Magazine
The South’s Best Pizza for Southern Living
PERSONAL ESSAY
My Family’s Secret Recipe for Immortality for Catapult
Language Lessons at Crook's Corner for The Bitter Southerner
Lessons in Waiting for Yes for The Millions
In Search Of: Grandmas for Catapult
That Time Sturgill Simpson Gave Me His Door Money for Cuepoint Magazine
On American Pop in All Its Grotesque Beauty for Talkhouse
Coney Island and the New York We Left Behind for Age of Awareness
REPORTING
Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy for The New York Times (front page, Sunday Edition)
In North Carolina's Research Triangle, Progressives Harbor Hope for The New York Times
Isaias Pummels the East Coast for The New York Times
An Invisible Line Cleaves a Region into Political Camps for The New York Times
For 39 Years, All About Beer Shaped the Craft Beer Scene. This is How it Collapsed for Indy Week
SATIRE
What the Fuck is a Tie, Anyway? for Wry Times
12 Hollywood Sequels Least Likely to Make it Out of Development Hell for Wry Times
The United States of Springsteen for Wry Times
Dear Scientists, Have You Tried Curing COVID-19 with Some Motherfucking James Gang? for Wry Times
Autumnal Chicken Recipe for Wry Times
