Myra MacPherson
Myra Lea MacPherson | |
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| Born | 1935 (age 88–89) estimated |
| Education | BA, journalism, 1956[1][2] |
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| Occupation(s) | Journalist, writer |
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| Organization | National Abortion Rights Action League[citation needed] |
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| Board member of | Hospice Foundation of America[7] |
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| Parent | Douglas MacPherson |
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| Website | www |
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Myra MacPherson (born circa 1935) is an American author, biographer, and journalist known for her books and articles about politics, the Vietnam War, feminism, and death and dying. Although her work has appeared in a number of publications, she had a long affiliation with The Washington Post newspaper. She was hired in 1968 by Post executive editor Ben Bradlee to write for the paper's Style section, and remained with the Post for over two decades until 1991. While there, she profiled the Watergate criminals and wrote a series on Vietnam veterans that led to her 1984 book Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation. It was the first trade book to examine post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) and, according to Vietnam expert Arnold R. Isaacs, one of the first to "break the long national silence" about the war.[21]
Her 2006 biography of I.F. Stone, All Governments Lie! The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone, won the 2007 Ann M. Sperber Award for media biography, and was a finalist for a 2008 PEN Center USA literary award.[21][22]
Biography
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Employment discrimination against women affected her early career. Restaurateur Toots Shor once told her, "We're not interested in what you think, you're only here because of Morris". And he said as far as I'm concerned – and [MacPherson has] never forgotten the phrase – "All broads are a piece of raisin cake".[4] She reports that when she covered the Indy 500 in 1960, she was allowed in neither the press box nor gasoline alley.
Bibliography
Selected periodicals
- MacPherson, Myra (May 8, 2009). "Review: Spies: the Rise and Fall of the KGB in America and "Three Tales of I.F Stone and the KGB: Kalugin, Venona and the Notebooks"". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- MacPherson, Myra (April 2000). "Bush Lite". Washington Monthly. Retrieved May 12, 2014. review of Shrub by Molly Ivins and Louis Dubose
- MacPherson, Myra (January 4, 1969). "Helen Hayes". St. Petersburg Times. Washington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
Sound
- MacPherson, Myra (1979). Mothers and daughters [sound recording] (1 sound cassette (59 min.) : analog). Washington, D.C.: National Public Radio. LCCN 89740092. NT-790906.
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Books
- MacPherson, Myra (2014). The scarlet sisters : sex, suffrage, and scandal in the Gilded Age (First ed.). New York, NY: Twelve. ISBN 9780446570237. LCCN 2013027618. on Victoria Woodhull and Tennessee Celeste Claflin
- MacPherson, Myra (2006). All governments lie : the life and times of rebel journalist I.F. Stone. New York: Scribner. ISBN 9780684807133. LCCN 2006042389.
- MacPherson, Myra (2001). Long time passing : Vietnam and the haunted generation. Bloomington: Indiana University Press. ISBN 0253340039. LCCN 2001039361.
- MacPherson, Myra (1999). She came to live out loud : an inspiring family journey through illness, loss, and grief. New York: Scribners. ISBN 0684822644. LCCN 98028125.
- MacPherson, Myra (1994). Long time passing : Vietnam and the haunted generation. New York: Anchor Books. ISBN 0385470169. LCCN 93011992.
- MacPherson, Myra (1984). Long time passing : Vietnam and the haunted generation (1st ed.). Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday. ISBN 0385158424. LCCN 82045258.
- MacPherson, Myra (1975). The power lovers : an intimate look at politics and marriage. New York: Putnam. ISBN 0399114955. LCCN 75018581.
References
- ^ a b c "Myra MacPherson – author, biographer and journalist". LinkedIn. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ McCristal, J. Bruce (2004). Spirit of Michigan State (1st ed.). Bloomfield Hills, Mich.: J. Bruce McCristal. p. 163. ISBN 1891143239. LCCN 2005351273. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
Myra MacPherson, '56 Washington Post reporter...
- ^ a b c "Ninety-eighth Annual Commencement" (PDF). Michigan State University. June 10, 1956. p. 33. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
COLLEGE OF COMMUNICATION ARTS ... Myra Lea MacPherson Journalism; Ann Arbor
- ^ a b c "Q & A Myra MacPherson "The Scarlet Sisters: Sex, Suffrage, and Scandal in the Gilded Age"". C-SPAN. May 4, 2014. Retrieved December 1, 2014.
- ^ a b "College Bound". Argus Eyes. Vol. 9, no. 8. Argus (camera company). September 1953. p. 3. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
Myra MacPherson, who has been employed in the Purchasing Department for the summer, will return to Michigan State College to resume her studies as a journalism major.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Prosopography" (PDF). WHO IS WHO 39th Annual Conference on World Affairs. Boulder, Colorado: University of Colorado. April 6–12, 1986. p. 6. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ Board of Directors (About Us), Hospice Foundation of America, retrieved May 13, 2014
- ^ Burgess, Bill. "Meet The Sports Writers – Page 22". Retrieved May 12, 2014.
Morris Siegel...Wife: Myra MacPherson, married 1964, divorced, 1985
- ^ Dodd, Chris (July 1, 1994). "HONORING THE MEMORY OF MORRIS SIEGEL". Congressional Record. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ Aird, Daniella (December 19, 2005). "Former state Sen. Jack Gordon, champion of liberal causes, dies". South Florida Sun-Sentinel. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ Von Drehle, David (December 18, 2005). "Jack D. Gordon; Liberal Force in Fla. Senate". Washington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ Shapiro, T. Rees (July 27, 2010). "Leah Siegel, 43, award-winning ESPN sports producer and D.C. native, dies". Washington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ "Celebration: Past Alumni Award Winners 1972–2010". Michigan State University College of Communications Arts and Sciences. May 7, 2011. p. 13. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ Wall, John (April 16, 2014). "Best-Selling Author Myra MacPherson to Speak at Juniata" (Press release). Huntingdon, Pennsylvania: Juniata College. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- ^ "Fulbright Grants". Editor & Publisher. Vol. 119. 1986. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
Four journalists have been awarded 1986–87 Fulbright Grants to Japan to study various aspects of contemporary Japanese society or U.S. – Japanese relations. ...Myra L. MacPherson, Washington Post...
- ^ "Author Myra MacPherson Presented Sperber Award at Fordham" (Press release). Fordham University. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
- ^ "The Official Website of I.F. Stone". Retrieved May 14, 2014.
Finalist, PEN USA Literary Award for Nonfiction, 2007. Boston Globe's Best Nonfiction of 2006 Rocky Mountain News Best Book of 2006 Booklist, American Library Association: One of top 10 books, mid-2006 to mid-2007.
{{cite web}}: line feed character in|quote=at position 55 (help) - ^ "Myra MacPherson". Contemporary Authors Online. Detroit: Gale. 2005. Gale Document Number: GALE|H1000160257. Retrieved May 12, 2014. Biography in Context.
- ^ Contributor biographical information for She came to live out loud : an inspiring family journey through illness, loss, and grief / Myra MacPherson, Library of Congress, retrieved May 12, 2014
- ^ "Argus Family Graduates" (PDF). Argus Eyes. Vol. 8, no. 5. Argus (camera company). June 1952. p. 7. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
Myra Lea MacPherson Belleville High School Daughter of Douglas MacPherson
{{cite news}}: line feed character in|quote=at position 20 (help) - ^ a b "Myra MacPherson". Amazon.com. Amazon.com. 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
- ^ Verel, Patrick (October 2007). "Biography of Journalist I.F. Stone Wins Sperber Award" (Press release). New York City: Fordham University. Retrieved January 25, 2016.
Further reading
- Booklist, December 15, 1998, Danise Hoover, review of She Came to Live out Loud: An Inspiring Family Journey through Illness, Loss, and Grief, p. 708.
- Conklin, Mike (April 16, 2002). "Vietnam Packing 'Em in on Campus". Chicago Tribune. p. 1.
- Library Journal, January 1999, Bette-Lee Fox, review of She Came to Live out Loud, p. 131.
- Los Angeles Times Book Review, June 10, 1984, Elizabeth Janeway, review of Long Time Passing: Vietnam and the Haunted Generation, pp. 1, 7.
- Nation, June 23, 1984, p. 763.
- National Review, December 19, 1975, Anne Crutcher, review of The Power Lovers: An Intimate Look at Politics and Marriage, pp. 1489–1490.
- New York Times, June 24, 1984, Donald Knox, review of Long Time Passing, p. 9.
- New York Times Book Review, November 30, 1975, Jane O'Reilly, review of The Power Lovers, pp. 8, 17
- Ivry, Sara (May 9, 1999). "Books in Brief: Nonfiction – She Came to Live Out Loud..." New York Times. Retrieved May 14, 2014.
- New York Times Book Review, May 9, 1999, Sara Ivry, review of She Came to Live out Loud, p. 27.
- Publishers Weekly, January 4, 1999, review of She Came to Live out Loud, p. 81.
- Washingtonian, May 1999, p. 50.
- Washington Post Book World, August 31, 1975, review of The Power Lovers, p. 1
- Washington Post Book World, June 3, 1984, Jack Beatty, review of Long Time Passing, pp. 1, 14.
- McLemee, Scott (October 10, 2006). "To Tell the Truth". Washington Post. Retrieved May 12, 2014. review of All Governments Lie
- Lemann, Nicholas (November 27, 2006). "THE WAYWARD PRESS: THE WEEKLY WARRIOR". The New Yorker. Retrieved May 12, 2014. review of All Governments Lie (subscription required)
- Dallek, Matthew (June 2007). "Dallek Review of MacPherson, Myra, All Governments Lie! The Life and Times of Rebel Journalist I. F. Stone". Jhistory. H-Net Reviews. Retrieved May 12, 2014.
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- "Amazon.com: Myra MacPherson: Books, Biography, Blog, Audiobooks, Kindle". Amazon.com. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- "Myra MacPherson | Official Publisher Page". Simon & Schuster. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- "Myra MacPherson - Salon.com". salon.com. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
- "Myra MacPherson". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 15, 2014.
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