Written when he graduated in the midst of the Great Recession, Now What?! features over sixty interviews with recent graduates about their experiences transitioning from college to the real world, looking for work, applying for graduate school, and trying to figure out what to do next.

From the budding marine biologist who studied abroad in Saint Croix to the driven journalist who graduated early for a newspaper job, Now What?! is packed full of advice for students and alumni alike. Now What?! features interviews with a writer and former pro basketball player who found himself on academic probation twice, a C-suite executive who contemplated ballet or TV reporting, a university president who never left school, a producer for Modern Family and Will & Grace, a systems engineer for the U.S. Navy with dreams of teaching kindergarten, a job-hopping competitive rower who won gold at the 1984 Olympics, and more!

Interviewees

Thomas Kail, Tony-Award Winning Director of Hamilton

Daniel Handler, Author (aka Lemony Snicket)

Sebastian Junger, Journalist & Author of The Perfect Storm

Jane Eisner, Editor of The Forward

Maya Kazan, Actor & Director

Bradley Whitford, Emmy Award-Winning Actor

Strauss Zelnick, Founder of Private Equity Firm ZMC

And many more.