Michael Tomasky
Born
Michael John Tomasky

(1960-10-13) October 13, 1960
Morgantown, West Virginia
EducationMorgantown High School[1] West Virginia University (BA)
New York University (MA)
Occupation(s)commentator, author, editor
Notable credit(s)Democracy,
The Daily Beast,
The New Republic,
Guardian America,
The American Prospect,
The New York Times Book Review, The New York Review of Books

Michael John Tomasky (born October 13, 1960[2]) is an American columnist, progressive commentator, and author. He is the editor of The New Republic[3] and editor in chief of Democracy. He has been a special correspondent for Newsweek, The Daily Beast, a contributing editor for The American Prospect, and a contributor to The New York Review of Books.

Life and career

Tomasky was born and raised in Morgantown, West Virginia, the son of Maria (Aluisi) and Michael Tomasky, a trial attorney.[4] He is of Serbian and Italian descent.[5][6] He attended West Virginia University as an undergraduate and then studied political science in graduate school at New York University. His work has also appeared in The New York Times Book Review, The Washington Post, Harper's Weekly, The Nation, The Village Voice, The New York Review of Books, Dissent, Lingua Franca, George, and GQ. He lives with his wife Sarah and daughter (Margot Julianna Kerr Tomasky, born July 6, 2010) in Silver Spring, Maryland.[7][8]

From 1995 to 2002, Tomasky was a columnist at New York magazine, where he wrote the "City Politic" column. He was later executive editor of liberal magazine The American Prospect, and remains a contributing editor.[9] On October 23, 2007, Guardian America was launched with Tomasky as its editor.[10] On March 3, 2009, he replaced Kenneth Baer as editor of U.S. political journal Democracy, at which time his title at The Guardian changed to editor-at-large.[11] In May 2011 Tomasky left The Guardian to join Newsweek / The Daily Beast as a special correspondent.[12] He is the editor of The New Republic.

Works

Books

  • Tomasky, Michael (1996). Left for Dead: The Life, Death, and Possible Resurrection of Progressive Politics in America. Free Press. ISBN 978-0-684-82750-6.
  • Tomasky, Michael (2001). Hillary's Turn: Inside Her Improbable, Victorious Senate Campaign. Free Press. ISBN 978-0-684-87302-2.
  • Tomasky, Michael (2017). Bill Clinton: The American Presidents Series: The 42nd President, 1993-2001. Times Books. ISBN 978-1-62779-676-7.
  • Tomasky, Michael (2019). If We Can Keep It: How the Republic Collapsed and How it Might Be Saved. W.W. Norton/Liveright Publishing. ISBN 978-1-631-49408-6.

Book reviews

References

  1. ↑ "MHS Distinguished Alumni - Morgantown High School". mohigans.mono.k12.wv.us. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Tomasky, Michael (October 14, 2012). "Birthday". twitter.com. Retrieved December 28, 2014.
  3. ↑ "The New Republic". newrepublic.com.
  4. ↑ "Mary Tomasky's Obituary on The Columbus Dispatch". The Columbus Dispatch. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  5. ↑ Tomasky, Michael (10 July 2009). "Michael Tomasky: The great Tesla". Theguardian.com. Retrieved 1 October 2017.
  6. ↑ Tomasky, Michael. "Moral Witness Through Comedy". Democracy. Archived from the original on 2011-02-27. Retrieved 2019-10-11.
  7. ↑ In lieu of the Friday quiz, an introduction, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian, July 9, 2010
  8. ↑ Liberals and despair, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian, July 12, 2010
  9. ↑ Masthead Archived 2010-06-11 at the Wayback Machine The American Prospect
  10. ↑ Welcome to Guardian America, Michael Tomasky, The Guardian, October 23, 2007
  11. ↑ Michael Tomasky joins political journal Democracy, Jemima Kiss, The Guardian, February 18, 2009
  12. ↑ Democracy Editor Tomasky Joins Newsweek/Daily Beast, Democracy, April 25, 2011
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