Jack J. Beatty (born May 15, 1945) is an American writer, senior editor of The Atlantic, and news analyst for On Point, the national NPR news program.
Early life Beatty was born and raised in the Dorchester neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts.
He attended Boston Latin School, Boston State College, and the University of Massachusetts, Boston. He lives in Hanover, New Hampshire.
Career Beatty joined The Atlantic Monthly in 1983 as a senior editor. He previously worked as a book reviewer for Newsweek and as the literary editor of The New Republic.
In addition to editing many of The Atlantic's major nonfiction pieces, Beatty was also in charge of the book-review section. Beatty also wrote for the magazine himself, including on travel.
Beatty's 1992 biography of James Michael Curley was nominated for a National Book Critics' Circle award. His book Colossus: How the Corporation Changed America was commissioned by the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation.
Awards 1990: Guggenheim Fellowship 1993: American Book Award 1993: L.L. Winship/PEN New England Award, The Rascal King: The Life and Times of James Michael Curley (1874-1958) Poynter Fellow at Yale University Two Alfred P. Sloan Foundation research grants William Allen White Award for Criticism Olive Branch Award for an Atlantic article on arms control
Bibliography
William Weld runs against John Kerry in 1996 U.S. Senate election.
"A Miserable Failure", The Atlantic, September 24, 2003
The Lost History of 1914: How the Great War Was Not Inevitable. London; Berlin [u.a.]: Bloomsbury, 2012. .
References
External links
"Interview with Jack Beatty", Claremont college