Jack Beatty
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Jack J. Beatty (born May 15, 1945)[1] is an American writer, senior editor of The Atlantic,[2] and news analyst for On Point, the national NPR news program.
Beatty was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.[2]
He attended Boston Latin School, Boston State College, and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.[1][3]
Career
Beatty joined The Atlantic Monthly in 1983 as a senior editor. He previously worked as a book reviewer for Newsweek and as the literary editor of The New Republic.[2]
In addition to editing many of The Atlantic's major nonfiction pieces, Beatty was also in charge of the book-review section.[2] Beatty also wrote for the magazine himself, including on travel.[2]
Beatty's 1992 biography of James Michael Curley was nominated for a National Book Critics' Circle award.[2] His book Colossus: How the Corporation Changed America was commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.[4]
Awards
- 1990: Guggenheim Fellowship[5]
- 1993: American Book Award
- 1993: L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award, The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958)
- Poynter Fellow at Yale University
- Two Alfred P. Sloan Foundation research grants
- William Allen White Award for Criticism
- Olive Branch Award for an Atlantic article on arms control
