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Author Bio
• Birth—ca. 1948-49
• Where—South Africa
• Raised—U.S., Europe
• Education—N/A
• Currently—lives in New York, New York, USA; Istanbul, Turkey
Writer and performer Barry Yourgrau is the author of the 2015 memoir about clutter and hoarding, Mess: One Man's Struggle to Clean Up His House and His Act. His books of short fiction include Wearing Dad's Head and The Sadness of Sex in whose film version he starred.
He's appeared variously on MTV and NPR.
He's also written for NY Times, Paris Review Daily, Vice, Spin, The Independent (UK., Salon, Artforum, and elsewhere.
Born in South Africa, he moved to the US as a child. He lives in New York and Istanbul, and travels widely with his girlfriend, Anya von Bremzen, a food writer.