William Powers (writer)

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William Powers
Born (1961-03-14) March 14, 1961 (age 61)
OccupationWriter
NationalityAmerican
Alma materHarvard College
Literary movement Humanism
Notable worksHamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age
Spouse Martha Sherrill

William Powers (born March 14, 1961) is an American writer, journalist, and technologist. He is the author of Hamlet's BlackBerry: A Practical Philosophy for Building a Good Life in the Digital Age. [1] [2] [3]

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Life and career

Powers grew up in Rhode Island and graduated from Harvard University with a degree in history and literature. He did graduate study in Spain, then moved to Washington, DC, where he was a U.S. Senate aide working on foreign relations, intelligence and military affairs. [4]

Then, Powers joined The Washington Post. His writing has appeared in The Atlantic , The New York Times and many other publications. He created The New Republic’s first media column, and wrote a column about the intersection of media and politics that appeared in Atlantic Media’s National Journal and The Atlantic online.

Awards, fellowships and talks

Powers is a two-time winner of the National Press Club’s Rowse Award for media criticism. [5] He was a Media Fellow at Harvard’s Shorenstein Center [6] and a resident fellow at the MacDowell Colony.

He has given keynote talks at conferences such as South by Southwest and the Aspen Ideas Festival.

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