Bill Kauffman

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Bill Kauffman (born November 15, 1959 in Batavia , New York ) is an American author and columnist .

Life

Bill Kauffman performing, 2014

Bill Kauffman grew up in his birthplace, Batavia, in northwest New York. After completing his studies at the University of Rochester , he worked for two and a half years in Washington, DC from 1981 onwards for the then US Senator of the Democratic Party for New York State, Daniel Patrick Moynihan . In 1985 Kauffman became editor of the libertarian magazine Reason , first in Santa Barbara, California, and from 1986 in Washington, DC as a correspondent. In 1988, Kauffman resigned from his permanent position at Reason and returned to Batavia with his Los Angeles- born wife as an initially "one-year experiment". Since then he has been living there as a freelance writer or in nearby Elba .

While Kauffman's first book, Every Man a King , published in 1989 , is a novel , his books and columns published since then are non-fiction . The topics considered include political considerations on regionalism , libertarianism , conservatism , pacifism and isolationism as well as historical aspects, in particular regional history and the civil war . Kauffman has been or is a regular columnist for The American Conservative (since 2004), CounterPunch , The Nation , Reason (1985–1988; 2008, 2013) and the Wall Street Journal , among others .

Works

  • Every Man a King . Bellew Publishing, 1989, ISBN 978-0-939149-26-1 (English, 190 pages).
  • Country Towns of New York . Country Roads Press, 1994, ISBN 978-1-56626-061-9 (English, 118 pages).
  • America First! Its History, Politics, and Culture . Prometheus Books, 1995, ISBN 978-0-87975-956-8 (English, 296 pages).
  • With good intentions? Reflections on the Myth of Progress in America . Praeger Publishers, 1998, ISBN 978-0-275-96270-8 (English, 142 pages).
  • Dispatches from the Muckdog Gazette: A Mostly Affectionate Account of a Small Town's Fight to Survive . Picador, 2003, ISBN 978-0-312-42316-2 (English, 224 pages).
  • Look Homeward America: In Search of Reactionary Radicals and Front-Porch Anarchists . Intercollegiate Studies, 2006, ISBN 978-1-932236-87-3 (English, 210 pages).
  • Ain't My America: The Long, Noble History of Antiwar Conservatism and Middle-American Anti-Imperialism . Henry Holt, 2008, ISBN 978-0-8050-8244-9 (English, 284 pages).
  • Forgotten Founder, Drunken Prophet: The Life of Luther Martin . Intercollegiate Studies, 2008, ISBN 978-1-61017-148-9 (English, 202 pages).
  • Bye Bye, Miss American Empire: Neighborhood Patriots, Backcountry Rebels, and Their Underdog Crusades to Redraw America's Political Map . Chelsea Green Publishing, 2010, ISBN 978-1-933392-80-6 (English, 285 pages).
  • Copperhead (2013) , screenplay
  • Poetry Night at the Ballpark and Other Scenes from an Alternative America: Writings, 1986–2014 . Front Porch Republic Books, 2015, ISBN 978-1-62564-842-6 (English, 442 pages).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bill Kauffman (Biography). In: frontporchrepublic.com. Accessed April 13, 2020 (English).
  2. ^ Bio Bill Kauffman. In: http://billkauffman.net . Accessed April 13, 2020 (English).
  3. ^ Bill Kauffman, Author at The American Conservative. Retrieved April 13, 2020 (Bill Kauffman's article for The American Conservative magazine).
  4. ↑ Bill Kauffman - reason.com. Retrieved April 13, 2020 (English, Bill Kauffman's article for Reason magazine).
personal data
SURNAME Kauffman, Bill
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American author and columnist
DATE OF BIRTH November 15, 1959
PLACE OF BIRTH Batavia , New York (State)