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Beth Macy
American Journalist
Books Me Pay Attention People Time You
Related authors: Ambrose Bierce Dave Barry Erma Bombeck Hunter S. Thompson Mignon McLaughlin Walter Cronkite William F. Buckley, Jr. William Lloyd Garrison
So many white people don't want to talk about race; it's uncomfortable. Many reason that slavery happened more than a century ago, and people alive today had nothing to do with it. But the particulars of these stories, from slavery to segregation to civil rights and mass incarceration, are at the marrow of life in America today. Beth Macy
Life Today Rights People Nothing White Alive Marrow Civil Civil Rights About More Segregation Uncomfortable Had Mass Talk Than America Want Stories Happened Race Century Incarceration Reason Many Slavery
From 1840 to 1940, the circus was the biggest form of entertainment in the country. People were starting to have money, starting to have half a Saturday off. In an era before people went on vacations much, the big deal was when the circus came through town. Beth Macy
Entertainment People Money Country Half Big Before Circus Through Town Deal Era Big Deal Came Were Off Form Biggest Much Saturday Vacations Starting
Photographers do more assignments than reporters do, so they know their communities better. Beth Macy
Better Photographers More Know Than Reporters Communities Assignments
We need more leadership at every level: federal, state, and local. Beth Macy
Leadership Every State Local More Federal Level Need
I grew up in a factory town - Urbana, Ohio. Beth Macy
Factory Town Up Ohio Grew
I think of Harriet Muse as one fierce lady. She couldn't read. She had no education. She did labor her whole life. And she stood up to Ringling Brothers and Barnum and Bailey at a time where she was told where to work, where to sit, and she demanded that they pay attention to her. Beth Macy
Life Work Education Time Sit Pay Pay Attention Think Harriet Brothers Had Attention Demanded Bailey She Read Up Labor Did Stood Where Lady Fierce Whole Her Muse
I'm a unicorn in the world of journalism; I've stayed in the same mid-sized city, and that staying has allowed me to write two deeply-reported books. Beth Macy
Me World Books City Stayed Staying Write Allowed Journalism Same Two
You need time to build relationships with subjects to win their trust. Beth Macy
Time You Trust Win Build Relationships Subjects Need
The heart of 'Truevine' is about the travails of two strong black women who agitate to get justice for their family. Beth Macy
Family Justice Heart Women Strong Black About Get Agitate Who Two
My favorite novel ever is Abraham Verghese's 'Cutting for Stone.' It takes you so many places. I stayed up to 4 in the morning to finish it. Beth Macy
Morning You Favorite Stayed Abraham Finish Takes Up Stone Places Cutting Many Novel Ever

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