Caryl Rivers

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Caryl Rivers
BornUnited States
OccupationAuthor, journalist
GenreDrama, humor, current events, politics, journalism

Caryl Rivers is an American novelist and journalist. [1] Her 1984 novel Virgins was a New York Times Best Seller and sold millions of copies around the world. [2] [3] Her articles have appeared in major publications such as The Huffington Post , The New York Times , The Washington Post , The Boston Globe and the Los Angeles Times . [3] [4] [5] [6]

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Rivers is a professor of journalism at Boston University. [3] In 1979 she and historian Howard Zinn were among a group of Boston University faculty members who defended the right of the school's clerical workers to strike and were threatened with dismissal after refusing to cross a picket line. [7] In 2008 Rivers was awarded The Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement which is awarded to an individual for a lifetime of contribution to the journalism profession. [8]

Rivers is also the author of several other books including the 1986 sequel to Virgins, Girls Forever Brave and True , [9] Slick Spins and Fractured Facts: How Cultural Myths Distort the News, Same Difference: How Gender Myths Are Hurting Our Relationships, Our Children, and Our Jobs [10] and Camelot, a novel set during the Kennedy administration. [11]

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References

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  2. "In Short". The New York Times . December 16, 1984.
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  5. Caryl Rivers (June 16, 2006). "A feminist success story". The Boston Globe .
  6. Caryl Rivers (October 1, 1997). "Millennial Woman: Make Her GI Jane, Not June Cleaver". Los Angeles Times .
  7. Ros Krasny (January 28, 2010). "Activist, historian Howard Zinn dies at 87". Reuters . Retrieved April 27, 2011.
  8. "Caryl Rivers Honored with Helen Thomas Award for Lifetime Achievement". SPJ . August 6, 2008.
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  11. "Camelot". Publishers Weekly .