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
Just One More: Inside the Shadow Evacuation of Kabul for WIRED
Getting to Know My Sister on the Oregon Trail for WIRED
35 Years After Bull Durham, the Durham Bulls Are Still the Biggest Team in Little Baseball for GQ
The War On Terror Created a Cancer Crisis. These Vets Are Fighting Back for The New Republic
Take Two: On Robert Lester Folsom's Second Act for The Oxford American
'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
Race for Coronavirus Vaccine Pits Spy Against Spy for The New York Times (front page, Sunday Edition)
Where Does A 225-Year-Old Warship Get Its Parts? At the Navy's Forest, Of Course for National Geographic
Universal Basic Income is Working — Even in Red States for Insider
A Modern Etiquette Guide for Group Chats for Insider
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
How Mick Jagger Rocked a Plucky Charlotte Dive Bar for Garden & Gun
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
A Day Trip to Tivoli for Travel + Leisure
Ski Trippin' in North Carolina for Condé Nast Traveler
Five Sites That Tell North Carolina's Civil Rights Story for Our State Magazine
The South’s Best Pizza for Southern Living
BIKE STUFF
The Raccoons of Central Park Move Fast. On Bikes for The New York Times
Riding Across the Ocean... Kind Of for The Radavist
Vintage Rides Ride for The Radavist
A Muddy Race, A Million Buttes, and One Very Novice Mountain Biker: A Weekend on the Maah Daah Hey Trail for The Radavist
A Cyclist's Guide to Greenville, South Carolina for Condé Nast Traveler
The Thrill of Cycling North Dakota's Maah Daah Hey Trail for Condé Nast Traveler
Watching the Tour de France from the Side of a Mountain for Bicycling Magazine
Dispatch from a Most Ridiculous Bike Race for Bicycling Magazine
On Climbing While Clydesdale for Bicycling Magazine
Pivot's Fatherhood Series Part 1: Chris Spealler for Pivot Cycles
Pivot's Fatherhood Series Part 2: JP Monk for Pivot Cycles
Community Profile: Black Girls Do Bike for Bandit Running
I also provide daily coverage focusing on the bike racing industry for Bicycling Magazine. Click here to find my contributor page.
PERSONAL ESSAY
My Family’s Secret Recipe for Immortality for Catapult
Language Lessons at Crook's Corner for The Bitter Southerner
Learning to Love Frozen Again for Disney/Inside The Magic
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
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
