Authors

James North James North

James North has reported from Africa, Latin America and Asia for four decades. He lives in New York City and tweets at at @jamesnorth7.

Apr 2, 2010

Walden Bello Walden Bello

Now a member of the Philippine House of Representatives representing Akbayan (Citizens’ Action Party), Walden Bello was a member of the boards of both Greenpeace International and Greenpeace Southeast Asia, which he helped set up. He was also the principal author of A Siamese Tragedy: Development and Disintegration in Modern Thailand (Zed, 1998).

Apr 2, 2010

Edwidge Danticat Edwidge Danticat

Edwidge Danticat is the author, most recently, of The Dew Breaker (Vintage).

Apr 2, 2010

Bruce Cumings Bruce Cumings

Bruce Cumings retired from the history department at the University of Chicago last year. He is the author of Korea’s Place in the Sun: A Modern History.

Apr 2, 2010

Ellen Willis Ellen Willis

Ellen Willis directed the cultural reporting and criticism program at New York University and was a Freda Kirchwey fellow of the Nation Institute. Her book Don’t Think, Smile…

Apr 2, 2010

Paul Wellstone Paul Wellstone

Paul Wellstone is a Democratic senator from Minnesota.

Apr 2, 2010

Ben Ehrenreich Ben Ehrenreich

Ben Ehrenreich’s most recent novel is Ether.

Apr 2, 2010

Robert W. McChesney Robert W. McChesney

Robert McChesney is Gutgsell Endowed Professor in the Department of Communication at the University of Illinois. He hosts the program Media Matters on WILL-AM every Sunday afternoo…

Apr 2, 2010

Gayle Feldman Gayle Feldman

Gayle Feldman, a contributing editor at Publishers Weekly, is New York correspondent for The Bookseller of London.

Apr 2, 2010

Abby Scher Abby Scher

Abby Scher is a sociologist and writer who has researched women’s politics of the McCarthy period.

Apr 2, 2010

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