Barry Golson is an American editor and author. He was executive editor of ''

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'' magazine for twelve years, and of ''

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'' for five years.

Career

Golson was executive editor of ''

'' magazine from 1977 to 1989. During that time he edited ''The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono'' and ''The Playboy Interview'', both originally published in 1981, as well as ''The Playboy Interview Volume II'', published in 1983, featuring interviews from the magazine's first two decades. Golson also served as

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for ''

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'', executive editor for ''

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''The New York Times'', June 28, 1995. and editor-in-chief of '' Yahoo! Internet Life''. He has written for publications including ''

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'', ''

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'' and '' Salon''. In 2006, he authored ''Gringos in Paradise'' and, two years later, ''Retirement Without Borders'', both detailing his life as an

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. In 2020, Golson began writing editorial columns for the

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, covering such topics as politics, culture, love, family and survival in the age of

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Published works

Editor

*''The Playboy Interview'' (1981) *''The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono'' (1981) *''The Playboy Interview Volume II'' (1983)

Author

*''Gringos in Paradise'' (2006) *''Retirement Without Borders'' (2008) * ''Passing Wind of Love: A Hysterical Historical Romance'' (2014), with John Blumenthal

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Golson, Barry Living people American travel writers American male non-fiction writers American book editors Phillips Exeter Academy alumni 21st-century American male writers American magazine editors Playboy people Year of birth missing (living people) TV Guide Yale University alumni