Barbara Ehrenreich Joins The New York Times Op-Ed Page as Guest Columnist.NEW YORK -- Barbara Ehrenreich, an award-winning author, will pen a column for The New York Times Op-Ed page as a guest columnist for one month beginning July 1. Her column will appear on Thursdays and Sundays in place of Thomas L. Friedman's column while he is on sabbatical to finish a book about geopolitics. Gail Collins, editor of the editorial page, made the announcement today. "We're very excited that Barbara agreed to spend next month on our pages," Ms. Collins said. "She's a brilliant social critic, historian and political commentator." Ms. Ehrenreich, whose articles, reviews and essays have been widely published, received the Sydney Hillman Award for Journalism and a Brill's Content "Honorable Mention" (1999) for a chapter of her book, "Nickel and Dimed," (Owl Books, 2002) which appeared in Harper's in January 1999. A second essay entitled "Maid to Order," which grew out of her research for this book, was also published in Harper's (2000). Ms. Ehrenreich is the author of "Blood Rites: Origins and History of the Passions of War" (Metropolitan, 1997) and a collection of essays entitled "The Worst Years of Our Lives: Irreverent Notes from a Decade of Greed" (Random House Inc., 1990). She also wrote "Fear of Falling Fear Of Falling is the Season 2 final episode of the Nickelodeon show All Grown Up. Episode Notes
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