Bruce Watson

Faculty, Language and Thinking Program

Biography: A veteran freelance writer, Bruce Watson (B.A., UC Berkeley; M.A., University of Massachusetts) is
currently finishing a "biography" of light. The narrative, to be published in 2015, will trace humanity's
evolving understanding of light from creation myths to lasers and fiber optics. Watson is also the author of e-biographies of Jon Stewart ("Jon Stewart: Beyond the Moments of Zen") and Stephen Colbert ("Beyond Truthiness"), and four narrative books on American history. Watson's most recent book is Freedom Summer: The Savage Season of 1964 that Made Mississippi Burn and Made America a Democracy. Watson has also written for Smithsonian, the Los Angeles Times, American Heritage, the Wall Street Journal, the Washington Post, Yankee, Reader's Digest, and Best American Science and Nature Writing 2003.
Phone: 845-758-7141
Website: https://languageandthinking.bard.edu/
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Department: Language and Thinking Program