Christopher Shinn is an Obie Award-winning New York playwright whose play, Dying City, was a finalist for the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Drama. His new play, Picked, will premiere at New York’s Vineyard Theatre in March 2011.
Jarrett Dapier is a former assistant publisher at In These Times and currently a readers’ adviser and theatre director working with young adults at Evanston Public Library in Evanston, Ill.
Jarrett Dapier is a former assistant publisher at In These Times and currently a readers’ adviser and theatre director working with young adults at Evanston Public Library in Evanston, Ill.

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An Idiotic Requiem
American Idiot, a punk rock musical currently running on Broadway, gives voice to the country's deepest anxieties.
Christopher Shinn and Jarrett Dapier
Announcing In These Times’ New Agreement with the National Writers Union
Freelance contributors are essential to the quality and success of In These Times and independent media, and this agreement is one way to demonstrate their value to our publication and our commitment to transparency.
For more information about the National Writers Union, visit nwu.org.
Read the full agreement, which reaffirms a floor for the rates of our freelance editorial content, as well as our current rates (which are higher) and submissions guidelines below.