George Packer
Autor/a de The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America
Sobre l'autor
George Packer is an American writer, teacher, and former Peace Corps volunteer. He was also a writing instructor at Harvard, Bennington, and Emerson Universities. Packer was born on August 13, 1960, in Santa Clara, California. Packer's experience with the Peace Corps helped him write the book The mostra'n més Village is Waiting. He has also written The Half Man, Central Square and The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq. He was a supporter of the Iraq war. He was a finalist for the 2004 Michael Kelly Award. In 2013, Packer's work of nonfiction entitled, The Unwinding: An Inner History of the New America, won the U.S. National Book Award. (Bowker Author Biography) George Packer's journalism & essays have appeared in "Harper's", "Dissent", "The New York Times", "The 1997 Pushcart Prize" anthology, "The Art of the Essay", & elsewhere. His latest books is "Blood of the Liberals" (FSG, 2000). He lives in Brooklyn, New York. (Publisher Provided) mostra'n menys
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Obres de George Packer
Obama's Lost Year (New Yorker March 15, 2010) 1 exemplars
Celebrating Inequality 1 exemplars
Sea of Thunder 1 exemplars
How Susie Bayer's T-Shirt Ended Up on Yusuf Mama's Back (in Best American Nonrequired Reading 2003 - EGGERS) 1 exemplars
The Other France 1 exemplars
Obres associades
Etiquetat
Coneixement comú
- Data de naixement
- 1960-08-13
- Gènere
- male
- Nacionalitat
- USA
- Lloc de naixement
- Santa Clara, California, USA
- Educació
- Yale University
- Professions
- journalist
novelist
playwright - Relacions
- Packer, Herbert L. (father)
Packer, Nancy Huddleston (mother)
Packer, Ann (sister)
Secor, Laura (wife) - Organitzacions
- The New Yorker
Peace Corps
Membres
Converses
Group Read: The Unwinding, by George Packer a 75 Books Challenge for 2017 (març 2017)
Ressenyes
Llistes
True Color (1)
Tour of Africa (1)
Premis
Potser també t'agrada
Autors associats
Estadístiques
- Obres
- 25
- També de
- 11
- Membres
- 3,193
- Popularitat
- #8,007
- Valoració
- 3.9
- Ressenyes
- 68
- ISBN
- 77
- Llengües
- 6
- Preferit
- 2