Alec Wilkinson [SEP] date of birth
Alec Wilkinson
Alec Wilkinson (born 1952) is a writer who has been on the staff of "The New Yorker" since 1980. According to "The Philadelphia Inquirer " he is among the "first rank of" contemporary American (20th and early 21st century) "literary journalists...(reminiscent) of Naipaul, Norman Mailer and Agee."
He is the author of ten books: His most recent book is "The Ice Balloon" (2012), the account of the Swedish visionary aeronaut S.A. Andree's
Gypsophilia
Gypsophilia is a Canadian jazz band from Nova Scotia. The band is composed of Ross Burns, Alec Frith, Nick Wilkinson (guitars), Gina Burgess (violin), Adam Fine (double bass), Matt Myer (trumpet), and Sageev Oore (piano, keyboards, accordion, melodica). Gypsophilia has released four albums to date, Minor Hope, Sa-ba-da-OW! (2009), Constellation (2011) and Nightswimming (2015) plus a b-sides compilation Horska