Clay Risen

Clay Risen is an obituaries reporter at the New York Times and the author of books on American history and whiskey. ^[1]

Early life and education

Risen was born in upstate New York and grew up in Nashville. ^[2]

Risen received a bachelor's degree from Georgetown University, where he attended the Walsh School of Foreign Service and was an editor of the student newspaper. ^{[2] [3]} He received a master's degree in social sciences from the University of Chicago. ^[2]

Career

He worked at the New Republic and elsewhere before moving to the New York Times. ^[2]

Books

• ——— (2009). A nation on fire: America in the wake of the King assassination. Hoboken, N.J: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN   978-0470177105. ^[4]
• ——— (2015). The Bill of the Century: The Epic Battle for the Civil Rights Act. New York: Bloomsbury Publishing USA. ISBN   978-1608198269.
• ——— (2015). American whiskey, bourbon & rye: a guide to the nation's favorite spirit (Revised & expanded ed.). New York, NY: Sterling Epicure. ISBN   978-1454916888.
• ——— (2018). Single malt: a guide to the whiskies of Scotland. New York, NY: Quercus. ISBN   978-1681441078.
• ——— (2019). The crowded hour: Theodore Roosevelt, the Rough Riders, and the dawn of the American century. New York: Scribner. ISBN   978-1501144004.
• ———; Sharrett, Luke (2021). Bourbon: the story of Kentucky whiskey (First ed.). New York: Ten Speed Press. ISBN   978-1984858276.
• ——— (2022). American rye: a guide to the nation's original spirit. New York: Scott & Nix, Inc. ISBN   978-1935622758.
• Walker, Mason; ——— (2024). Bourbon Lore: Legends of American Whiskey. Scott & Nix, Inc. ISBN   978-1935622796.
• ——— (2025). Red Scare: blacklists, McCarthyism and the making of modern America. New York: Scribner. ISBN   978-1982141806. ^{[5] [6] [7]}

References

1. "Clay Risen - The New York Times". New York Times . Retrieved 31 December 2025.
2. Simonson, Robert (29 June 2022). "Clay Risen on Working the Whiskey Beat". Imbibe Magazine. Retrieved 31 December 2025.
3. "Clay Risen". Perry World House. University of Pennsylvania.
4. Roper, John Herbert (Spring–Summer 2010). "Risen, Clay. A Nation on Fire: America in the Wake of the King Assassination". International Social Science Review. 85 (1–2): 78+. Gale   A231807507.
5. Gage, Beverly (10 March 2025). "How the Red Scare Reshaped American Politics". The New Yorker . Retrieved 31 December 2025.
6. Mathews, Jessica T. (25 February 2025). "Red Scare: Blacklists, McCarthyism, and the Making of Modern America". Foreign Affairs. 104 (2). ISSN   0015-7120.
7. "Red Scare". Kirkus Reviews. 16 January 2025. Retrieved 31 December 2025.