Barry Golson
{{short description|American editor and author}}
{{distinguish|Benny Golson}}
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| alma_mater = Yale University{{cite book|last1=Class of 1967.|title=Yale University - Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook.|date=1967|publisher=Produced under the auspices of the 1967 Class Council in cooperation with Yale Banner Publications|oclc=17100540|location=New Haven, CT|page=63|language=en}}
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| genre = Lifestyle, Popular culture, Travel writing
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| notableworks = Playboy, Yahoo! Internet Life
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Barry Golson is an American editor and author. He was executive editor of Playboy magazine for twelve years, and of TV Guide for five years.
Career
Golson was executive editor of Playboy magazine from 1977 to 1989. During that time he edited The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono{{cite book|last1=Sheff|first1=David|last2=Lennon|first2=John|last3=Ono|first3=Yoko|last4=Golson|first4=G. Barry|title=The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono|date=1983|publisher=Berkley Books|isbn=0425059898|oclc=474949545|language=en}} and The Playboy Interview,{{cite book|last1=Golson|first1=G. Barry|title=The Playboy interview|date=1981|publisher=Wideview Books|isbn=0872236447|url=https://archive.org/details/playboyinterview00gols|oclc=804320637|language=en}} both originally published in 1981,{{cite book|last1=Sheff|first1=David|last2=Golson|first2=G. Barry|title=Last interview: all we are saying - John Lennon and Yoko Ono|date=2001|publisher=Pan|isbn=0330482580|oclc=47677069|language=en}} as well as The Playboy Interview Volume II, published in 1983, featuring interviews from the magazine's first two decades.{{cite news|last1=Ulin|first1=David L.|title=Revisiting classic Playboy interviews with e-books|url=https://www.latimes.com/books/la-xpm-2012-sep-06-la-jc-the-reading-life-return-of-the-playboy-interview-20120906-story.html|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=6 September 2012}}{{cite news|last1=Lavin|first1=Cheryl|title=Q&A|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/200910155/?terms=%22barry%2Bgolson%22|newspaper=Chicago Tribune|date=14 August 1983}}
Golson also served as editor-in-chief for World Press Review,{{cite news|last1=Werts|first1=Diane|title=Pages of 'TV Guide' contain the history and heart of television|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/123258735|work=The Arizona Republic|date=14 Apr 1993|page=E4|language=en|url-access=subscription}} executive editor for TV Guide,William Grimes, [https://www.nytimes.com/1992/09/23/arts/behind-the-no-2-feature-in-playboy.html "Behind The No. 2 Feature In Playboy,"] The New York Times, September 23, 1992. editor-in-chief of TV Guide Online (an electronic version of the magazine's television listings),Deirdre Carmody, [https://www.nytimes.com/1995/06/28/business/tv-guide-taps-editor-to-lead-on-line-unit.html "TV Guide Taps Editor to Lead On-Line Unit,"] The New York Times, June 28, 1995. and editor-in-chief of Yahoo! Internet Life.Carol Krol, [http://adage.com/article/news/yahoo-internet-life-finds-real-success-virtual-world-magazine-clear-survivor/63249/ "'Yahoo! Internet Life' Finds Real Success In Virtual World,"] Advertising Age, March 8, 1999. He has written for publications including The New York Times,Barry Golson, [https://www.nytimes.com/1997/04/08/opinion/the-techno-terror-of-1897.html "The Techno-Terror of 1897,"] The New York Times, April 8, 1997. Los Angeles TimesBarry Golson, [https://www.newspapers.com/image/177388949/?terms=%22barry+golson%22 "Clinton and Carter, A Tale of Hope and Lust,"] Los Angeles Times, November 20, 1992. and Salon.Salon, June 22, 1997.
In 2006, he authored Gringos in Paradise{{cite book|last1=Golson|first1=Barry|title=Gringos in paradise: an American couple builds their retirement dream house in a seaside village in Mexico|date=2008|publisher=Scribner|isbn=978-0743276368|url=https://archive.org/details/gringosinparadis00barr_0|oclc=276998058|language=en}} and, two years later, Retirement Without Borders,{{cite book|last1=Golson|first1=Barry|last2=Golson|first2=Thia|title=Retirement Without Borders|date=2008|publisher=Scribner|location=New York|isbn=978-0743297011|edition=1st|url=https://archive.org/details/retirementwithou00gols|oclc=781912346}} both detailing his life as an expatriate.{{cite news|title=The Best In...|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123974568132518317|work=The Wall Street Journal|date=18 April 2009|url-access=subscription}}{{cite news |title=Guide to Essential Books on Expat Life: From How-Tos and Memoirs to Fiction |url=https://blogs.wsj.com/expat/2015/05/21/guide-to-essential-books-on-expat-life-from-how-tos-and-memoirs-to-fiction/ |newspaper=The Wall Street Journal |date=21 May 2015}}
In 2020, Golson began writing editorial columns for the Tampa Bay Times, covering such topics as politics, culture, love, family and survival in the age of COVID-19.[https://www.tampabay.com/search/?q=Barry+Golson Barry Golson in the ‘’Tampa Bay Times’’]
Published works
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- The Playboy Interview (1981)
- The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono (1981)
- The Playboy Interview Volume II (1983)
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- Gringos in Paradise (2006)
- Retirement Without Borders (2008)
- Passing Wind of Love: A Hysterical Historical Romance (2014), with John Blumenthal
References
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{{TV Guide Magazine}}
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