Peter Richardson

Peter Richardson "is the author of American Prophet: The Life and Work of Carey McWilliams. He is the editorial director at PoliPoint Press and the interim chair of the California Studies Association, and teaches courses on California culture at San Francisco State University. He lives in Marin County, California."

"He was Associate Professor of English at the University of North Texas, a Fulbright Senior Scholar in Iceland, and editor at the Public Policy Institute of California and at Harper & Row, Publishers. He received a PhD in English from the University of California, Berkeley, and a BA in economics from tire University of California, Santa Barbara. A frequent book reviewer for the Los Angeles Times, he also writes about California culture at www.peterrichardson.blogspot.com."

Books

 * Peter Richardson, Bomb In Every Issue: How the Short, Unruly Life of Ramparts Magazine Changed America (The New Press, 2009). Review Excerpt Book reviews see http://peterrichardson.blogspot.com/search/label/Ramparts%20magazine