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Miles Zaud

Miles Zaud is a writer and musician splitting his time between Topanga Canyon and New Haven, CT, where he is an undergraduate at Yale. He attended Interlochen Arts Academy for high school, where he studied classical and jazz piano. At Yale, he is a prospective English major and a member of the musical comedy group Just Add Water. He enjoys composing for musicals and short films, playing Nordic fiddle music, reading Russian literature, and writing observational pieces about daily life. You can reach him at miles@zaudhaus.com.
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Coming Full Cycle 

Miles Zaud, July 14, 2023 2 6 min read  
I don’t yet drive but I’ve been driven plenty, and my drivers often subscribe to a creed that goes something like this: The road’s too small for cars and cyclists to coexist. The car is the fastest mode of...