Neil King Jr.

Apr 1, 2024 | talbotspy.org | Neil King Jr.

How do you thank a place, not just for showing you things you hadn’t seen before but for showing you a new way of seeing? Maryland’s Eastern Shore did just that for me during the first year of COVID-19—an offering that hasn’t stopped since. When the virus hit in March of 2020, a dear friend offered my wife and I her guest house in Claiborne beside a pond and large meadow that skirts an inlet of the Chesapeake.

Jan 24, 2024 | scnoneida.net | Neil King Jr. |Katie Holten |Ross Gay

The world’s greatest bodybuilder. The world’s highest-paid movie star. The leader of the world’s sixth-largest economy. That these are the same person sounds like the setup to a joke, but this is no joke. This is Arnold Schwarzenegger. And this did not happen by accident. Arnold’s stratospheric success happened as part of a process. As the result of clear vision, big thinking, hard work, direct communication, resilient problem-solving, open-minded curiosity, and a commitment to giving back.

Jul 15, 2023 | reporternews.com | Neil King Jr.

What I found in walking out my front door, north through one of the most trampled parts of the country, were neighborhoods where kindness, consideration and curiosity still held. Neil King Jr.For months, as I’ve crisscrossed the country talking to folks about a long walk I took from my home near the U.S. Capitol to New York City, the question pops up everywhere: “Did you emerge from the jaunt more optimistic about America’s future, or less?”It’s a good question to ask; a complex one to answer.

Jul 11, 2023 | princetonlibrary.libnet.info | Neil King Jr.

America/New_York Author: Neil King Jr. Princeton Public Library - Community Room Tuesday, July 116:00pm - 7:00pm Add to Calendar America/New_York Author: Neil King Jr. The author discusses and signs copies of his recently released memoir "American Ramble: A Walk of Memory and Renewal" which chronicles his journey on foot from Washington, D.C., to New York City.

Jul 9, 2023 | usatoday.com | Neil King Jr.

opinionNeil King Jr. |  Opinion contributorFor months, as I’ve crisscrossed the country talking to folks about a long walk I took from my home near the U.S. Capitol to New York City, the question pops up everywhere: “Did you emerge from the jaunt more optimistic about America’s future, or less?”It’s a good question to ask; a complex one to answer. These are bitter days – fraught, frightening, highly uncertain. We all sense a rending underway, a tearing at the common fabric.