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Contributors Courtney Barriger Marcus used to be a doorman, a service elevator operator, a mover, a process server, a set decorator, a terrible gambler, and a failed gold prospector. In his most recent trick, he's been working on TV shows. Marcus Brown Courtney Barriger (1987-) is an American author, artist and designer. She is known for writing and illustrating short stories and creating short films with which she performs I was born in a small stone-mining town in 1990, in Delaware County, Upstate New and directs. Her short films have been shown internationally, and she has been York. I lived there until I was 18. After college in Albany, I traveled to Sichuan acknowledged by Women's and started teaching English during the day and playing music at local clubs Entertainment as "America's It Girl" by winning a reality based TV program during the night to pay rent. The first with a reading from her novel "NightBook Short Story Anthology." A Rebel with a Cause, she co-launched Naz&Court - a sustainable and ethical clothing line based in LA - and has been conscious picture I took was of a Qiang minority farmer who lived in the Jake Homovich I bought off a friend. In 2016 I took on a recognized as a designer by the United Nation Fashion Fights Poverty as "The more focused approach to photography and since then have started documenting Future" of fashion. my daily life in china and the people I meet with film and digital format. Courtney lives in Los Angeles and continues to pursue her passion for travel, story telling and design. www.courtneybarriger.com www.nazandcourt.com guesthouse I was staying at one weekend, taken with a small Cannon Powershot G12 10 THE CONE - ISSUE #15 - 2018