James Pogue | |
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| Born | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. |
| Occupation | Journalist |
James Pogue is an American essayist and journalist. [1] He is a Special Correspondent at Vanity Fair, a Contributing Opinion Writer at the New York Times, and a contributing editor at Harper's magazine. [2] [3] [4] [5] He is the author of Chosen Country: A Rebellion in the West, a first-person account of conflict over public lands in the American west.
Pogue has written for publications including Vanity Fair, Harper's , The Los Angeles Times , The New York Times Magazine, and the London Review of Books . [4]
Pogue grew up in Cincinnati, Ohio, and has written frequently about midwestern politics. [6] [7] His essay about the city's political history was collected in City by City, published by FSG. [8]
His 2019 Harper's article on farm murders in South Africa has been frequently cited in academic literature. [9] [10] He has written about dissident Irish Republican Army groups in Northern Ireland [11] and frequently about militia groups in the rural American west. [12] [13]
His work on armed politics frequently intersects with reporting on environmental issues. Pogue has contributed reporting and opinion pieces to the Los Angeles Times on environmental policy, [14] [15] and has written frequently about forestry and fire in California. [16] [17]
Pogue is the author of Chosen Country: A Rebellion in the West. The book was called a "fascinating debut" by NPR, [18] and praised in the New York Review of Books, The Los Angeles Review of Books and other publications. [19] [20] It was criticized by some publications for its personal narrative and essayistic digressions. Kirkus called the book "courageous," but cited "some excess and irrelevance." [21]
Pogue's work has been supported by the Pulitzer Center and an Alicia Patterson Fellowship, [22] and his 2019 essay about forestry in California was a "notable" selection in the 2020 edition of Best American Science and Nature Writing. [23] He has appeared on HBO's Real Time With Bill Maher, MSNBC's All In With Chris Hayes, and NPR's Today Explained. [24] [25] [26]
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