Mark William Kramer is an American journalist, author, professor, and editor.

Career

Mark Kramer is the author of four books of narrative journalism, and has written for ''

National Geographic ''National Geographic'' (formerly the ''National Geographic Magazine'', sometimes branded as NAT GEO) is a popular American monthly magazine published by National Geographic Partners. Known for its photojournalism, it is one of the most widely ...

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The Atlantic ''The Atlantic'' is an American magazine and multi-platform publisher. It features articles in the fields of politics, foreign affairs, business and the economy, culture and the arts, technology, and science. It was founded in 1857 in Boston, ...

'' monthly. He is the co-editor of two textbooks in the field of narrative journalism. He was the founding director of the Nieman program on narrative Journalism at the

Nieman Foundation for Journalism The Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University is the primary journalism institution at Harvard. It was founded in February 1938 as the result of a $1.4 million bequest by Agnes Wahl Nieman, the widow of Lucius W. Nieman, founder of ' ...

Harvard University Harvard University is a private Ivy League research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Founded in 1636 as Harvard College and named for its first benefactor, the Puritan clergyman John Harvard, it is the oldest institution of higher le ...

, and the power of narrative conference (1998–2008). He has been writer in residence at

Smith College Smith College is a Private university, private Liberal arts colleges in the United States, liberal arts Women's colleges in the United States, women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts. It was chartered in 1871 by Sophia Smith (Smith College ...

(1980–1990) and

Boston University Boston University (BU) is a private research university in Boston, Massachusetts. The university is nonsectarian, but has a historical affiliation with the United Methodist Church. It was founded in 1839 by Methodists with its original campu ...

(1990–2001).

Publications

*''Travels With a Hungry Bear: a Journey to the Russian Heartland'' Houghton Mifflin, 1996 *''Mother Walter and the Pig Tragedy'' Knopf, 1972 *''Three Farms: Making Milk, Meat, and Money from the American Soil'' Atlantic/Little Brown, 1980; Bantam, 1981; Harvard University Press, 1987 *''Invasive Procedures: A Year in the World of Two Surgeons''. Harper & Row, 1982; Penguin, 1983 *''Literary Journalism''. Ballantine, 1995 *''Telling True Stories: A Nonfiction Writer's Guide from the Nieman Foundation at Harvard University''. Plume/Penguin, 2007

References

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