Brent Staples

Brent Staples

Brent Staples (b. 1951 in Chester, Pennsylvania) is an author and editorial writer for the New York Times.Cite web|url=http://topics.nytimes.com/top/reference/timestopics/people/s/brent_staples/index.html|title=Brent Staples|accessdate=2008-02-28|work=The New York Times] His books include "An American Love Story"cite book | title=An American Love Story| last=Staples| first=Brent| coauthors=Penelope Falk, Jennifer Fox| date=1999| publisher=Random House| id=ISBN 0375502998] and "Parallel Time: Growing up In Black and White",cite book | title=Parallel Time: Growing Up in Black and White| last=Staples| first=Brent| date=1995| pages=288| publisher=HarperCollins| id=ISBN 0380724758] which won the Anisfield Wolff Book Award.Cite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/ref/opinion/editorial-board.html?pagewanted=print|title=The New York Times Editorial Board|accessdate=2008-02-28|date=2005-08-02|author=Andrew Rosenthal|work=The New York Times] Staples writes on controversial subjects including race issuesCite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/10/31/opinion/31mon4.html?incamp=article_popular_5|title=Why Race Isn't as 'Black' and 'White' as We Think|accessdate=2008-02-28|date=2005-10-31|author=Brent Staples|work=The New York Times] and the state of the American school systemCite web|url=http://www.nytimes.com/2005/11/25/opinion/l25japan.html|title=Are Japan's Schools Really Better?|accessdate=2008-02-28|year=2005-11-25|author=Editorials/Op-Ed|work=The New York Times] and more light-hearted topics including the dogs of New York City.Cite web|url=http://archives.cnn.com/2000/US/09/11/morrow9_11.a.tm/|title=I'm His Valet -- and My Dog is Still My Hero|accessdate=2008-02-28|publisher=CNN|year=2000-09-11|author=Lance Morrow] He has been with the New York Times since 1985.Cite web|url=http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9C0CE7D6173CF934A35755C0A966958260&n=Top/Reference/Times%20Topics/Organizations/N/New%20York%20Times,%20The|title=Brent Staples Is Appointed to Times's Editorial Board|accessdate=2008-02-28|year=1990-06-07|work=The New York Times] Staples also wrote "Black Men and Public Space," first published by Harper's magazine in 1986.

He is a graduate of Widener University (B.A.) and the University of Chicago (Ph.D).

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