Frank Bruni
Frank Bruni | |
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Born | Frank Anthony Bruni October 31, 1964 |
Occupation(s) | Op-ed columnist, The New York Times; former chief restaurant critic |
Notable credit | The New York Times |
Frank Anthony Bruni (born October 31, 1964) is an American journalist and long-time writer for The New York Times. In June 2011, he was named an op-ed columnist for the newspaper. His columns appear twice weekly and he also writes a weekly newsletter. In April 2021, Times Opinion Editor Kathleen Kingsbury announced that Bruni would be stepping down from his role as a columnist and joining Duke University in June 2021 as Professor of the Practice of Journalism and Public Policy in the Sanford School of Public Policy.[1][2] Since joining Duke, he has continued to write his Times newsletter and remains a contributing opinion writer for the newspaper.
One of his many previous posts for the newspaper was as its chief restaurant critic, from 2004 to 2009. He is the author of three bestselling books: Born Round, a memoir about his family's love of food and his own struggles with overeating; Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be, about college admissions;[3] and Ambling Into History, about George W. Bush.
Education
Bruni was educated at the
Life and career
After graduating from Columbia, Bruni joined the staff of the
In 1998, he was assigned to the
Bruni's book Ambling into History chronicles his time covering Bush's campaign. Born Round
Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be was published by Grand Central Publishing, an imprint of the Hachette Book Group, in March 2015 and was reissued in an expanded, updated paperback a year later. In a review of it in The Washington Post,[10] Wesleyan University President Michael Roth called it "a humane, measured book" with "lessons for a very wide audience indeed." In February 2017, Bruni released his first cookbook, written with his Times colleague Jennifer Steinhauer titled A Meatloaf in Every Oven. It includes recipes from such prominent chefs as Bobby Flay and April Bloomfield.
Bruni has also done extensive reporting on religion and is the author, with Elinor Burkett, of A Gospel of Shame: Children, Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church. His freelance work has appeared in several magazines, including
In February 2018, he published a long and unusually personal column for the Times about an affliction that, overnight, robbed him of functional vision in his right eye. He described the difficult adjustment to that and what it's like to live with the fear of his left eye being affected, too. His memoir, The Beauty of Dusk, published by
Bruni's last regularly scheduled opinion column for The New York Times appeared on June 17, 2021.[12] and he was awarded the Thomas Wolfe Prize [13]
Personal life
Bruni is openly
Bibliography
- The Beauty of Dusk: On Vision Lost and Found, 2022
- A Meatloaf in Every Oven: Two Chatty Cooks, One Iconic Dish and Dozens of Recipes, 2017 with Jennifer Steinhauer
- Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be: An Antidote to the College Admissions Mania, 2015
- Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater, 2009
- * Ambling Into History: The Unlikely Odyssey of George W. Bush (1st ed.). New York: HarperCollins. 2002. ISBN 9780066213712.
- A Gospel of Shame: Children, Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church, 1993 with Elinor Burkett
See also
References
- ^ "Frank Bruni Stepping Down as Columnist; Named Endowed Chair at Duke University". The New York Times Company. April 5, 2021. Retrieved April 5, 2021.
- ^ "New Faculty Joining the Sanford School in 2021". Sanford School of Public Policy. Duke University. Retrieved 18 July 2023.
- ^ Where You Go Is Not Who You'll Be, The New York Times Book Review
- ^ "The Circle Voice - Frank Bruni Visits Groton". Groton School, Massachusetts. October 26, 2013. Retrieved February 13, 2018.
- ^ a b Bruni, Frank (July 19, 2009). "I Was a Baby Bulimic". The New York Times. Retrieved May 2, 2010.
- ^ "1992 Pulitzer Prizes". pulitzer.org. Retrieved October 24, 2020.
- ^ "Journalism Courses – Spring 2014". humanities.princeton.edu. Archived from the original on 2014-03-19. Retrieved March 31, 2021.
- ^ Bierly, Mandy (March 24, 2012). "GLAAD Media Awards honor Lady Gaga, 'DWTS,' 'Oprah Winfrey Show': Full winners list". Entertainment Weekly. New York City: Time Inc. Retrieved March 25, 2012.
- ^ Browning, Dominique (19 August 2009). "Book Review - 'Born Round: The Secret History of a Full-Time Eater,' by Frank Bruni". The New York Times.
- ^ Roth, Michael S. (10 April 2015). "Not getting into Harvard or Stanford will take you farther than getting in". The Washington Post.
- ISBN 9781982108571.
- ^ Bruni, Frank (17 June 2021). "Ted Cruz, I'm Sorry". New York Times. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ^ "Previous Winners of Thomas Wolfe Prize and Lecture".
- Out.com. Retrieved 2008-12-01.
- ^ "GLAAD hands out media awards for 24th year".
- ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-07-19.
External links
- articles by Frank Bruni The New York Times
- Author's website
- Appearances on C-SPAN