Background
Lanpher, Katherine was born on May 27, 1959.
(Katherine Lanpher, whose essays have appeared in the New ...)
Katherine Lanpher, whose essays have appeared in the New York Times and More magazine, officially moved to Manhattan on a leap day, transferring from a rooted life in the Midwest to a new job, a new city, and a new sense of who she was. But re-invention is a tricky business and starting over in the middle of life isn't for the feint of heart. Katherine Lanpher's short essay on her first six months in New York--"A Manhattan Admonition" was published last August in the New York Times op-ed page and remained on their list of most e-mailed stories for weeks. Now she has written a book chronicling how her past life and loves have prepared her for unexpected discoveries in her new home. Lanpher looks back on her marriage, her early days in newspapers, and her childhood in the Midwest. And, with startling insight, she examines her new world--how beauty is defined in New York, how the landscape differs from the Midwest, and how good food and books have been constants in her life. The tone of her essays mixes the emotional depth of Anna Quindlen with the quirky wit of David Sedaris.
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Lanpher, Katherine was born on May 27, 1959.
Lanpher graduated with a degree in journalism from Northwestern University and with a master’s degree in American Cultural History from the University of Chicago.
Lanpher started her career with internships at the Muskegon Chronicle, the Detroit Free Press and the Chicago Sun-Times. Lanpher worked for the Saint Paul Pioneer Press for sixteen years (the last six as a columinist), then left to host Minnesota Public Radio"s Midmorning program from August 1998 until January 20, 2004. Lanpher moved to New York City in 2004 to co-host the Air America Radio flagship program The O"Franken Factor She left the show on October 7, 2005 to write a memoir concerning her move to New York City, where she currently resides.
Her memoir is entitled Leap Days: Chronicles of a Midlife Move () and was published on October 10, 2006 by Springboard Press.
On January 4, 2007, More magazine announced that Lanpher would host an hour-long weekly broadcast on XM Satellite Radio called More Time. lieutenant debuted January 16 on XM"s "Take Five" channel.
The announcement said the broadcast would "celebrate the lifestyles of 40+ women with coverage of real women, health, fashion, beauty, travel, entertainment and more. The show ended on or before XM"s merger with Sirius Radio.
Since July 2008, Lanpher has been a contributor to Way of New York City"s The Takeaway.
(Katherine Lanpher, whose essays have appeared in the New ...)