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Articles Written By Jay Kang

Jay Caspian Kang’s debut novel, The Dead Do Not Improve, will be published in August 2012 by Hogarth/Random House. He is an editor at Grantland and writes for the New York Times Magazine.

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Personal Essays

The High Is Always the Pain and the Pain Is Always the High
by Jay Kang
Gambling addiction is a simple disease. Living the addiction is a bit more complicated. A chronicle of dependency in seven parts—about poker, Lolita, and how to lose $18,000 in less than 36 hours.