Background
Sussman, Peter Yeger was born on May 29, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Sidney and Ann Sussman.
( “One of the great political works of our time, a book t...)
“One of the great political works of our time, a book that ought to be required reading for every American citizen. . . .” —San Francisco Bay Guardian Committing Journalism collects more than fifty essays by famed convict-writer Dannie Martin, a.k.a. “Red Hog” —hard-hitting, eloquent reports on the racism, brutality, inadequate health care, harassment, and other conditions of life behind the prison walls. When they first appeared in the San Francisco Chronicle they made Martin a celebrity—and eventually the Bureau of Prisons tried to silence him. Peter Sussman, Martin’s editor at the Chronicle, interweaves the story of their struggle, their collaboration, and their friendship. The result is a work of irrefutable witness, a gripping narrative, a book that gives a human face to America’s swelling prison population.
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Sussman, Peter Yeger was born on May 29, 1941 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. Son of Sidney and Ann Sussman.
Student, St. Andrews University, Scotland, 1962. Bachelor summa cum laude, Union College, 1963. Postgraduate, Harvard University, 1963.
Postgraduate, Stanford University, 1979.
Copy editor San Francisco Chronicle, 1964-1967, assistant news editor, 1967-1981, editor Sunday magazine, 1981-1983, editor Sunday supplement, 1983-1993. Freelance writer Berkeley, California, since 1993. Freelance writer and lecturer.
( “One of the great political works of our time, a book t...)
Member Media Alliance (Elsa Knight Thompson award 1988), Society Professional Journalists (president Northern California chapter 1995-1997, James Madison Freedom Information award Northern California chapter 1989. National Freedom Information award 1990, California Sunshine co-chair since 1993), Phi Beta Kappa.
Married Patricia Carson, April 10, 1971. Children: Deborah, Katherine, Stephanie.