- Peter Applebome
Peter Applebome is an American writer and reporter for the "
New York Times ". [ [http://www.peterapplebome.com/Peter%20Applebome%20Bio.htm Peter Applebome Bio ] ]Applebome was born in
New York City and grew up inGreat Neck ,N.Y. He graduated fromDuke University in 1971 and fromNorthwestern University Journalism School in 1974. He worked at a newspapers inCorpus Christi and inDallas and at "Texas Monthly " magazine. He joined the "New York Times " in 1987 as a national correspondent and then as bureau chief inHouston . He moved toAtlanta as Southern Bureau chief in 1989, served in that job for five years. Since then he has covered education and culture and is now Deputy Metropolitan Editor.Tara McPherson , a professor of popular culture at theUniversity of Southern California , calls Appelbome a "prominent liberal journalist". [ Tara McPherson, Reconstructing Dixie: Race, Gender, and Nostalgia in the Imagined South, 2003, p. 28 ]Books
* "Scout's Honor: A Father's Unlikely Foray Into the Woods" (2004, Tandem Library)
* "Dixie Rising: How the South is Shaping American Values, Politics and Culture" (1996, Times Books)References
External links
*http://www.peterapplebome.com/
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