R. Eric Thomas is an award-winning playwright and the host of The Moth in Philadelphia and Washington, D.C. He is a Senior Staff Writer for ELLE.com, where he writes a daily humor column on politics and pop culture. In addition to ELLE.com and ELLE magazine, his writing has appeared in The New York Times, Man Repeller, Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia Magazine and more. His debut essay collection, Here For It, is forthcoming from Ballantine Books.