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Daniel Okrent

Daniel Okrent

Daniel Okrent

Daniel Okrent was the first public editor of The New York Times, editor-at-large of Time, Inc., and managing editor of Life magazine. He worked in book publishing as an editor at Knopf and Viking, and was editor-in-chief of general books at Harcourt Brace. He was also a featured commentator on Ken Burns's PBS series, Baseball, and is author of four books, one of which, Great Fortune, was a finalist for the 2004 Pulitzer Prize in history. Okrent was also a fellow at the Shorenstein Center at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard, where he remains an Associate. He lives in Manhattan and on Cape Cod with his wife, poet Rebecca Okrent. They have two children.

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Jewish Week, April 25, 2012
...ago, a DVD, and next week previews of an Off-Broadway play (same name) co-created by Peter Gethers and Daniel Okrent, and based on the website, will begin at the Westside Theater, reinventing classic jokes and adding a few songs. Hoffman describes the...
Citybizlist, March 8, 2012
...YORK -- No doubt his mother wanted him to be a doctor. But former New York Times editor Daniel Okrent is looking to raise $1.58 million for a New York production of Old Jews Telling Jokes, a theatrical revue he co-wrote with Peter Gethers. He has raised...
Times Union, February 13, 2012
...of writing about that most beloved and oft-quaffed fortified liquid, whiskey. Tom Wolfe, David Wondrich, Jim Murray and Daniel Okrent are among the 20-plus essayists included in this fun, conversational ride through the history of bourbon, Scotch and...
WNYC, February 8, 2012
...Daniel Okrent examines how and why we came to outlaw alcohol in this country, what life under Prohibition was like, and how it changed the country forever. In Last Call: The...
News Sentinel, January 6, 2012
...Stein, president of Stein Ad Promos. “I am reading ‘Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition,' by Daniel Okrent. It was a gift and I'm not far into it; in fact, I've just read the first three chapters. I'm in ‘the rise.' I don't...
Daily Caller, December 20, 2011
...Democracy. Life by Keith Richards. Uncle Keef’s riffs on his experiences as a (surprisingly) living legend. by Daniel Okrent. This intoxicating read reminds us that through the millennia of human existence the more we change, the more we stay the same...
Times Union, December 15, 2011
...of writing about that most beloved and oft-quaffed fortified liquid, whiskey. Tom Wolfe, David Wondrich, Jim Murray and Daniel Okrent are among the 20-plus essayists included in this fun, conversational ride through the history of bourbon, Scotch and...
Daily News Transcript, February 21, 2012
...the 1920s. Non-fiction enthusiasts are encouraged to check out “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition,” by Daniel Okrent. The best-selling book was recently featured in the Ken Burns miniseries “Prohibition.” Dawn Clifton Tripp’s “The...
Journal of American Culture, February 17, 2012
...Skidmore, M. J. (2012), Last Call: The Rise and Fall of ProhibitionDanielOkrent. New York: Scribner, 2010.The Journal of American Culture, 35: 82–84. doi: 10.1111/j.1542-734X.2011.799_5.x...
Times Union, February 13, 2012
...of writing about that most beloved and oft-quaffed fortified liquid, whiskey. Tom Wolfe, David Wondrich, Jim Murray and Daniel Okrent are among the 20-plus essayists included in this fun, conversational ride through the history of bourbon, Scotch and...
Dedham Patch, February 10, 2012
..."The Season of Open Water" by Dawn Tripp and "Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition" by Daniel Okrent.  Come get your books, a calendar of fun DRT events coming up in March, a chance to meet the author and purchase a signed book, and some goodies...
Daily News Transcript, February 9, 2012
...Adult readers interested in nonfiction are encouraged to read “Last Call: The Rise and Fall of Prohibition” by Daniel Okrent, recently featured in the Ken Burns documentary, “Prohibition.” For readers who prefer fiction, the selection is Dawn...
WNYC, February 8, 2012
...Daniel Okrent examines how and why we came to outlaw alcohol in this country, what life under Prohibition was like, and how it changed the country forever. In Last Call: The...
AlterNet.org, February 6, 2012
...one). Moreover, key members of the paper's staff - former executive editor Bill Keller, former public editor Daniel Okrent - have openly admitted as much. Naturally, The New York Times' orientation reflects, for the most part, the opinions and attitudes...