Nathaniel Kostar lives in New Orleans where he fronts a rock/blues/funk hip-hop band called Tha Neighbors, studies poetry at The University of New Orleans, and is working on completing The Renaissance Man Project--a life project and eventual book that will detail his journey as he attempts to travel to six different countries around the globe and study the skills that were expected of Italian Renaissance Men. So far the project has taken him to Dorf Tyrol, Italy for poetry, Phuket, Thailand for Muay Thai boxing, Paris for visual art, and New Orleans for music. He regularly writes for Burlesque Press.