Mark Kramer (journalist)

Summary

Mark William Kramer is an American journalist, author, professor, and editor.

Mark Kramer
Born
Mark William Kramer

Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Alma materBrandeis University, B.A. (English and Sociology)
Columbia University, M.S. (Sociology)
Occupation(s)Journalist, Author, Professor, Editor
Years active1969-present
Children2
Websitetellingtruestories.com

Career edit

Mark Kramer is the author of four books of narrative journalism, and has written for National Geographic, The New York Times Magazine, and The Atlantic monthly. He is the co-editor of two textbooks in the field of narrative journalism. He was the founding director of the Nieman program on narrative Journalism at the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University, and the power of narrative conference (1998–2008). He has been writer in residence at Smith College (1980–1990) and Boston University (1990–2001).[1]

Publications edit

  • Travels With a Hungry Bear: a Journey to the Russian Heartland Houghton Mifflin, 1996 ISBN 9780395426708[2]
  • Mother Walter and the Pig Tragedy Knopf, 1972 ISBN 9780394479545[3]
  • Three Farms: Making Milk, Meat, and Money from the American Soil Atlantic/Little Brown, 1980; Bantam, 1981; Harvard University Press, 1987 ISBN 9780316503150[4]
  • Invasive Procedures: A Year in the World of Two Surgeons. Harper & Row, 1982; Penguin, 1983 ISBN 9780060151607[5]
  • Literary Journalism. Ballantine, 1995 ISBN 9780345382221[6]
  • Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writer's Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University. Plume/Penguin, 2007 ISBN 9780452287556[7]

References edit

  1. ^ "Mark Kramer". Penguin Random House. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  2. ^ "Book Review: Travels with a Hungry Bear: A Journey to the Russian Heartland by Mark Kramer". fee.org. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  3. ^ "Mother Walter and the Pig Tragedy". Writing True Stories. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  4. ^ "Three Farms: Making Milk, Meat, and Money from the American Soil. Mark Kramer". Journals.UChicago.edu. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  5. ^ "DOCTORS, OPERATING". New York Times. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  6. ^ "Literary Journalism: A New Collection of the Best American Nonfiction". Penguinrandomhouse.com. Retrieved January 29, 2022.
  7. ^ "Telling True Stories". Nieman.Harvard.edu. Retrieved January 29, 2022.