Larry Tye
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Larry Tye

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Larry Tye was a longtime journalist -- at the Boston Globe, Anniston (AL) Star, and Louisville Courier-Journal -- and a Nieman Fellow at Harvard. Tye's books have ranged from biographies of PR pioneer Edward L. Bernays, Negro Leagues legend Satchel Paige, and Superman, to explorations of the Jewish diaspora, the Pullman porters, and ECT, the most stigmatized treatment in medicine. Tye runs a Boston-based fellowship program for health reporters.
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