Rachel Kramer Bussel chats with Christopher Noxon about how his book Rejuvenile came to be:

In your book proposal, how much of your research plans were mapped out?
I did a lot of advance research for the proposal, referencing basic demographic, marketing sociological data that supported my thesis, and including interviews I conducted while reporting The New York Times piece. These research plans changed significantly once I started work -- I altered four chapter topics, added three others and rearranged material.

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