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Hilton Als (born 1960) is an American writer and theater critic who writes for The New Yorker magazine.

Als is a former staff writer for The Village Voice and former editor-at-large at Vibe magazine.

His 1996 book The Women focuses on his mother, who raised him in Brooklyn, Dorothy Dean, and Owen Dodson, who was a mentor and lover of Als.^[1][2][3] In the book, Als explores his identification of the confluence of his ethnicity, gender and sexuality, moving from identifying as a "Negress" and then an "Auntie Man", a Barbadian term for homosexuals.^[3]

Als received a Guggenheim fellowship in 2000 for creative writing and the 2002–03 George Jean Nathan Award for Dramatic Criticism.^[4] In 2004 he won the Berlin Prize of the American Academy in Berlin which provided him half a year of free working and studying in Berlin.^[5] He has taught at Smith College, Wesleyan, and Yale university, and his work has also appeared in The Nation, The Believer, and the New York Review of Books.

Bibliography[link]

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• The Women (Farrar, Straus & Giroux, 1998)
• Without Sanctuary: Lynching Photography in America (James Allen, editor; Twin Palms Publishers, 2000)

Articles[link]

• Als, Hilton (13 August 2009). "Michael". The New York Review of Books. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2009/aug/13/michael/. Retrieved 14 July 2011. 
• Als, Hilton (8 February 2010). "Critic's Notebook: Let the Sunshine In". The New Yorker 85 (48): 13. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2010/02/08/100208gonb_GOAT_notebook_als. Retrieved 28 September 2011.  (Melba Moore)
• Als, Hilton (15 March 2010). "Critic's Notebook: Arcade Fire". The New Yorker 86 (4): 12. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2010/03/15/100315gonb_GOAT_notebook_als. Retrieved 15 January 2011.  (Penny Arcade)
• Als, Hilton (15 March 2010). "The Theatre: Underhanded". The New Yorker 86 (4): 80–81. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/theatre/2010/03/15/100315crth_theatre_als. Retrieved 16 January 2011.  Reviews Martin McDonagh's "A Behanding in Spokane", directed by John Crowley at the Gerald Schoenfeld Theatre.
• Als, Hilton (22 March 2010). "Critic's Notebook: Feminist Fatale". The New Yorker 86 (5): 8. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2010/03/22/100322gonb_GOAT_notebook_als. Retrieved 1 April 2011.  (María Irene Fornés)
• Als, Hilton (7 June 2010). "Critic's Notebook: Stage Directions". The New Yorker 86 (16): 14. http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/notebook/2010/06/07/100607gonb_GOAT_notebook_als. Retrieved 28 October 2011.  (David Mamet)
• Als, Hilton (8 November 2010). "Critic's Notebook: On the Verge". The New Yorker 86 (35): 22.  (Sam Irvin’s Kay Thompson: From Funny Face to Eloise)
• Als, Hilton (8 November 2010). "Life and Letters: Color Vision". The New Yorker 86 (35): 42–47.  (Ntozake Shange)

References[link]

External links[link]

• Et Als (official site and blog)
• New Yorker page
• New York Review of Books archive

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George Packer (born August 13, 1960) is an American journalist, novelist and playwright.

Biography[link]

Packer's parents, Nancy Packer and Herbert Packer, were both academics at Stanford University; his maternal grandfather was George Huddleston, a congressman from Alabama.^[1] His sister, Ann Packer, is also a writer. Packer graduated from Yale College, where he lived in Calhoun College, in 1982,^[2] and served in the Peace Corps in Togo.^[3] His essays and articles have appeared in Boston Review, The Nation, World Affairs, Harper's, The New York Times, and The New Yorker, among other publications. Packer is a columnist for Mother Jones and has been a staff writer for The New Yorker since May 2003.^[4]

He was a Holtzbrinck Fellow Class of Fall 2009 at the American Academy in Berlin. The title of his project there is Enlightenment and War.^[5]

His most recent book, The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq, analyzes the events that led to the 2003 invasion of Iraq and reports on subsequent developments in that country, largely based on interviews with ordinary Iraqis. He was a supporter of the Iraq war and has been described as a "vocal supporter" of that war by Glenn Greenwald.Glenn Greenwald, Various Matters, Dec 22, 2011 He was a finalist for the 2004 Michael Kelly Award.

Bibliography[link]

Books[link]

• The Village of Waiting (1988). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (1st Farrar edition, 2001). Pb. ISBN 0-374-52780-6
• The Half Man (1991). Random House ISBN 0-394-58192-X
• Central Square (1998). Graywolf Press ISBN 1-55597-277-2
• Blood of the Liberals (2000). Farrar, Straus and Giroux ISBN 0-374-25142-8
• The Fight is for Democracy: Winning the War of Ideas in America and the World (2003, as editor). Harper Perennial. Pb. ISBN 0-06-053249-1
• The Assassins' Gate: America in Iraq (2005) Farrar, Straus and Giroux 2005 ISBN 0-374-29963-3
• Betrayed: A Play (2008) Faber & Faber
• Interesting Times: Writings from a Turbulent Decade (2009). ISBN 978-0-374-17572-6

Articles[link]

• Packer, George (28 September 2009). "A Reporter at Large: The Last Mission". The New Yorker 85 (30): 38–55. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2009/09/28/090928fa_fact_packer. Retrieved 22 February 2010.  [Richard Holbrooke's plan to avoid the mistakes of Vietnam in Afghanistan].
• Packer, George (15 March 2010). "A Reporter at Large: Obama's Lost Year". The New Yorker 86 (4): 40–51. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2010/03/15/100315fa_fact_packer. 
• Packer, George (12 September 2011). "A Reporter at Large: Coming Apart". The New Yorker. http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/09/12/110912fa_fact_packer. Retrieved 23 September 2011.  [An assessment of the post 9/11 decade]

External links[link]

• George Packer articles at Byliner

Magazine Articles About the Iraq War[link]

• Over Here: Iraq the Place vs. Iraq the Abstraction, World Affairs
• Comment: "No Blame, No Shame", The New Yorker, May 14, 2007.
• A Reporter at Large: "Betrayed" The Iraqis who trusted America the most, The New Yorker, March 26, 2007.
• "Knowing the Enemy", The New Yorker, December 18, 2006.
• Comment: "Unrealistic", The New Yorker, November 27, 2006.
• "Save Whomever We Can", The New Republic, November 27, 2006.
• Comment: "Alternative Realities", The New Yorker, October 30, 2006.
• Comment: "Keep Out", The New Yorker, October 16, 2006.
• Comment: "Prisoners", The New Yorker, September 18, 2006.
• Comment: "Not Wise", The New Yorker, May 8, 2006.
• Letter from Iraq: "The Lesson of Tal Afar" April 10, 2006.
• Comment: "Saddam on Trial", The New Yorker, October 31, 2005.
• Comment: "Game Plan", The New Yorker, October 24, 2005.
• Comment: "Name Calling", The New Yorker August 8, 2005.
• A Reporter at Large: "The Home Front", The New Yorker, July 4, 2005.
• Letter from Basra: "Testing the Ground", The New Yorker, February 28, 2005.
• Comment: "Invasion versus Persuasion", The New Yorker, December 20, 2004.
• Comment: "Questions of Greatness", The New Yorker, October 25, 2004.
• A Reporter at Large: "The Next Iraqi War?", The New Yorker October 4, 2004.
• Comment: "The Political War", The New Yorker, September 27, 2004.
• Letter from Athens: "From the Playing Field", The New Yorker, August 30, 2004.
• Comment: Wars and Ideas, The New Yorker, July 5, 2004.
• Letter from Baghdad: "Caught in the Crossfire", The New Yorker, May 17, 2004.
• "War after the War" What Washington doesn't see in Iraq., The New Yorker, November 24, 2003.
• Tuning In: A Butcher in Baghdad, The New Yorker, April 7, 2003.
• "Dreaming of Democracy", New York Times Magazine, March 2, 2003.

Other Topics[link]

• George Packer at FSG
• Blog at the New Yorker
• Biography of Packer at The New Yorker
• Comment: "Mr. Independent", The New Yorker July 2, 2007
• "The Megacity - Decoding the Chaos of Lagos", The New Yorker, November 13, 2006.
• "The Revolution Will Not Be Blogged", Mother Jones, May/June 2004. (Issue on the limitations of the political blogosphere)
• George Packer on Assassins' Gate, Washington Post Book World, October 11, 2005.
• Posts by George Packer at TPMCafe.
• Review of The Assassins' Gate, The Washington Monthly.
• Profile in the Columbia Journalism Review.
• Review of Stephen Koch, “The Breaking Point: Hemingway, dos Passos, and the Murder of Jose Robles”

References[link]

Lawrence Wright (born August 2, 1947) is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author, screenwriter, staff writer for The New Yorker magazine, and fellow at the Center for Law and Security at the New York University School of Law. Wright is best known as the author of the 2006 nonfiction book, The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11.

Background and education[link]

Wright graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School (Dallas, Texas) in 1965 and, in 2009, was inducted into Woodrow's Hall of Fame.^[1] He is a graduate of Tulane University, and taught at the American University in Cairo in Egypt for two years.^[when?]

Career[link]

[edit] The Looming Tower

Wright is the author of six books, but is best known for his 2006 book, The Looming Tower: Al Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. A quick bestseller, The Looming Tower was awarded the J. Anthony Lukas Book Prize^[2], the 2007 Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, and is frequently referenced by media pundits as an excellent source of background information on Al Qaeda and the September 11 attacks. The book's title is a phrase from the Quran: "Wherever you are, death will find you, even in the looming tower," which Osama bin Laden quoted three times in a videotaped speech seen as directed to the 9/11 hijackers.^[3]

Other Projects[link]

Among Wright's other books is Remembering Satan: A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory (1994), about the Paul Ingram false memory case. On June 7, 1996, Wright testified at Ingram's pardon hearing.

Wright also co-wrote the screenplay for the film The Siege (1998), which tells the story of a terrorist attack in New York City that leads to curtailed civil liberties and rounding up of Arab-Americans.^[4]

A script that Wright originally wrote for Oliver Stone was turned instead into a well-regarded Showtime movie, Noriega: God's Favorite (2000).

A documentary featuring Wright, "My Trip to Al-Qaeda", premiered on HBO in September 2010. It was based on his journeys and experience in the Middle East during his research for The Looming Tower. "My Trip to Al-Qaeda" covers topics ranging from the current state of the regime in Saudi Arabia to the historic underpinnings of 9/11.

Wright also plays the keyboard.

Bibliography[link]

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Books[link]

• City Children, Country Summer: A Story of Ghetto Children Among the Amish. Scribner. 1979. ISBN 978-0-684-16144-0. 
• In the New World: Growing up in America, 1964-1984. Alfred A. Knopf. 1987. ISBN 978-0-394-75964-7. 
• Saints and Sinners. Alfred A. Knopf. 1993. ISBN 978-0-679-76163-1. 
• Remembering Satan: A Tragic Case of Recovered Memory. Vintage Books. 1994. ISBN 978-0-679-75582-1. 
• Twins: And What They Tell Us About Who We Are. John Wiley & Sons. 1999. ISBN 978-0-471-29644-7. 
• God's Favorite: A Novel. Simon and Schuster. 2000. ISBN 978-0-684-86810-3. 
• The Looming Tower: Al-Qaeda and the Road to 9/11. Alfred A. Knopf. 2006. ISBN 978-0-375-41486-2. 

Articles[link]

• Wright, Lawrence (September 20, 2010). "The Talk of the Town: Comment: Intolerance". The New Yorker 86 (28): 47–48. http://www.newyorker.com/talk/comment/2010/09/20/100920taco_talk_wright. Retrieved 21 December 2011. 

References[link]

External links[link]

• Wright on NPR
• The Looming Tower Reviews at Metacritic
• AuthorViews video interview about The Looming Tower
• Audio of Paul Ingram Pardon Hearing
• Biography at lawrencewright.com
• Lawrence Wright articles at Byliner
• Lawrence Wright Interview: Conversations with History; Institute of International Studies, UC Berkeley
• Reporting The Bin Laden Beat, Journalist Lawrence Wright Knows More About Al Qaeda's Leader Than Many CIA Operatives AUSTIN Sept. 9, 2007

Benny Feilhaber

Feilhaber posing with fans in Pretoria during the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup
Personal information
Full name	Benny Feilhaber
Date of birth	(1985-01-19) January 19, 1985 (age 27)
Place of birth	Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Playing position	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	New England Revolution
Number	22
Youth career
2000–2003	Irvine Strikers
2003–2005	UCLA Bruins
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
2005–2007	Hamburger SV II	49	(3)
2006–2007	Hamburger SV	9	(0)
2007–2008	Derby County	10	(0)
2008–2011	AGF Aarhus	58	(5)
2011–	New England Revolution	23	(4)
National team‡
2007–	United States	39	(2)
Honours Competitor for  United States Football Maccabiah Games Silver 2005 Maccabiah Football
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of October 22, 2011. † Appearances (Goals). ‡ National team caps and goals correct as of January 22, 2012

Benny Feilhaber (born January 19, 1985) is Brazilian-born American soccer player who plays for New England Revolution in Major League Soccer as a midfielder.

Early life[link]

Feilhaber was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.^[1][2] He is Jewish,^[3] and was raised in his father's Jewish religion.^[4] His paternal grandfather emigrated from Austria to Brazil in 1938 to escape the Nazi regime.^[2]

Feilhaber was six years old when his family moved from Brazil to settle in the United States and spent approximately eight years in the New York City suburb of Scarsdale where he played for the local soccer team, the Scarsdale Lightning. In 1996, he led the team and won the New York State Cup for the U-12 division.^[5] He attended Northwood High School in Irvine, California where he was a standout midfielder on the school’s soccer team. He also played club soccer for the Irvine Strikers, winning various youth national titles. He was coached by youth coach Don Ebert.

After graduating in 2003 he played college soccer at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), where he became a mainstay in the Bruins' midfield. At UCLA he was roommates with future national team-mate Jonathan Bornstein. Feilhaber made the team as a walk-on, rather than being recruited with a scholarship offer. After his second year at UCLA Feilhaber was called up by the U.S. U-20 national soccer team to play in the 2005 FIFA World Youth Championship in the Netherlands.

Club career[link]

Hamburg[link]

His performances in the tournament caught the attention of scouts from several European teams and, after representing the U.S. in the 2005 Maccabiah Games in Israel, Feilhaber signed for Hamburg in July 2005. In the 2005–06 season Feilhaber played with the Hamburg reserve team in the third division (since July 1, 2008 only more the fourth division), or Regionalliga.

On October 12, 2006, Feilhaber made his Bundesliga debut, coming on as a second half substitute in a 2–1 home loss to Schalke 04. His first start came on October 22, 2006, when he played ninety minutes in a 2–1 win against Bayer Leverkusen, Hamburg's first win of the season.

Derby County[link]

On August 9, 2007, Feilhaber obtained a work permit to play for newly promoted Premier League side Derby County.^[6] His signing was completed on August 10, 2007,^[7] and Feilhaber made his debut for the club on September 17, 2007, coming on as an eightieth minute substitute in a 1–0 win over Newcastle United.

After the sacking of manager Billy Davies and the appointment of Paul Jewell, Feilhaber saw little playing time at Pride Park. During the 2007–08 winter transfer window Feilhaber was linked with Israeli club Maccabi Tel Aviv and American club New England Revolution but neither deal was completed. Derby released Feilhaber on a free transfer after being relegated from the Premier League after only one season.

AGF Aarhus[link]

On August 15, 2008, Feilhaber signed with Danish Superliga team Aarhus Gymnastikforening, commonly known as AGF.^[8] He made his debut for the club on September 1, 2008, coming on as a 59th-minute substitute in a 0–3 loss to FC Nordsjælland. He scored his first Superliga goal and was named Man of the Match against Randers on July 27, 2009.

During the spring season AGF struggled with injuries to key players, including Feilhaber. Feilhaber recovered slowly, but couldn't help the team avoid being relegated. Despite relegation Feilhaber remained at the club for the following season. Feilhaber clearly stated, that he would have preferred a transfer to a bigger club, but when the transfer window closed he concentrated his efforts on the field. Feilhaber played very well in August, September, and October 2010, helping AGF to take a solid lead in the league. In the first 8 league games and 3 cup games, he scored six goals. Most notably he scored a hat-trick in the 6–3 win over Skive in a Danish Cup match.^[9] He also scored a superb goal from a free kick three minutes into added time against Køge securing a vital 3–2 win.^[10] Feilhaber gained significant respect from the fans due to his professional attitude in the fall of 2010.

After the winter break AGF continued their winning streak in order to secure promotion to the Danish Superliga, but Feilhaber was mostly benched with a minor injury. On April 16, 2011, on the last day of the American transfer window, AGF sold Feilhaber to MLS. AGFs Sports Director, Brian Steen Nielsen, stated: "AGF and Danish football has lost a great profile. We would have liked to keep Benny, but unfortunately we could not match the offer he had from the MLS. As his contract in any case expired this summer, we felt it was best to let him change now and in that way get a small transfer out of it, said Brian Steen Nielsen.

Feilhaber made ​​his debut for AGF in August 2008 and managed to play 58 games and scoring eight goals. His performance in the white jersey paved the way for his participation in the World Cup finals in South Africa with the U.S. national team.

"I am proud that we've had a player of Benny's caliber on our squad and we have helped to get his career on an even keel. He had gone a little stuck in Derby, when we got him to Aarhus. While he has been in AGF, he has recaptured his seat on the U.S. national team, and it serves primarily Benny himself to honor – but also AGF. I thank him for his efforts in the white jersey and wish him all the best with the new challenges, "said Brian Steen Nielsen.^[11]

New England Revolution[link]

Following his transfer to MLS, Feilhaber was assigned to the New England Revolution through the returning US National Team player allocation process. New England selected Feilhaber after both Chivas USA and Philadelphia Union had passed on selecting him.^[12] Feilhaber had an immediate impact on the Revolution offense and provided a modest bump of a couple hundred to the club's overall home attendance in the 2011 season.

International career[link]

Feilhaber was called up twice to the full U.S. national team for friendlies against Scotland on November 12, 2005, and Germany on March 22, 2006, but did not play in either game.

On November 30, 2006, he turned down an offer from Andreas Herzog to play for Austria and said that he would instead focus on earning a place on the U.S. national team.^[13]

On March 15, 2007, Feilhaber was again placed on the 24-man roster by coach Bob Bradley for friendly matches against Ecuador and Guatemala. Feilhaber made his first career start for the U.S. team in the March 25, 2007, game against Ecuador, and scored his first international goal against China on June 2, 2007. He scored the game winning goal on a volley in the 2007 Gold Cup final on June 24, 2007, against Mexico.

After being demoted to the reserves at Derby and picking up a series of injuries, Feilhaber saw less time with the senior national team. However, Feilhaber was named to the U.S. Under-23 squad that competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics. He appeared as a substitute in all three games for the U.S.

After more than a year since his last action with the senior team, Feilhaber was named to the U.S. roster for the 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup. Along with former UCLA teammate Jonathan Bornstein and fellow UCLA alum Carlos Bocanegra, Feilhaber played in the upset of top-ranked Spain in a semi-final game on June 24, 2009. He orchestrated the second goal, rounding Gerard Pique to find Landon Donovan, who found Clint Dempsey for the finish in the center.^[14] He then appeared in the final, in which the U.S. fell to the country of his birth, Brazil 3–2.

Feilhaber was a part of the 23-man squad for the FIFA World Cup 2010 in South Africa. Feilhaber was used as a substitute, gaining playing time in two of the three group stage matches against Slovenia (draw) and Algeria (win). USA finished first in the group after a stoppage time goal by Landon Donovan leading United States to a 1–0 win against Algeria in the last match, where Feilhaber played the entire second half.^[15] Feilhaber was substituted in for Findley in the second half of the USA-Ghana game. Commentators remarked on his ability to generate plays and praised his readiness to make decisions, many of which were key passes to set up chances to score. One such pass was a through ball for Clint Dempsey, who was then fouled in the box. Landon Donovan took the subsequent penalty and scored to tie the score at 1–1, although Ghana would later come back in the first half of extra time to score through Asamoah Gyan, ending the game 2–1.

International goals[link]

#	Date	Venue	Opponent	Score	Result	Competition
01.	June 2, 2007	Spartan Stadium, San Jose, USA	China PR	2 – 1	4 – 1	Friendly
02.	June 24, 2007	Soldier Field, Chicago, USA	Mexico	2 – 1	2 – 1	2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup

Career statistics[link]

Club[link]

As of November 23, 2011.

International[link]

As of January 21, 2012.

Honors[link]

United States[link]

• CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (1): 2007

See also[link]

• List of current MLS players
• List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players

References[link]

External links[link]

• AGF profile (Danish)
• official Danish Superliga stats (Danish)
• Benny Feilhaber career stats at Soccerbase
• Benny Feilhaber at National-Football-Teams.com

Benny Feilhaber international tournaments v t e United States squad – 2007 CONCACAF Gold Cup Champions (4th Title) 1 Howard 2 Hejduk 3 Bocanegra 4 Mastroeni 5 Feilhaber 6 M. Bradley 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey 9 Johnson 10 Donovan 11 Ching 12 DeMerit 13 Bornstein 14 Ralston 15 Simek 16 Parkhurst 17 Spector 18 Keller 19 Clark 20 Twellman 21 Mapp 22 Onyewu 23 Guzan Coach: B. Bradley v t e United States squad – 2007 Copa América 1 Howard 2 Wynne 3 DeMerit 4 Boswell 5 Feilhaber 6 Pearce 7 Califf 8 Gomez 9 Johnson 10 Davies 11 Gaven 12 Conrad 13 Bornstein 14 Olsen 15 Moor 16 Kljestan 17 Beckerman 18 Keller 19 Clark 20 Twellman 21 Mapp 23 Guzan • 25 Nguyen Coach: Bradley v t e United States squad – 2008 Summer Olympics 1 Seitz 2 Wynne 3 Orozco 4 Bradley 5 McCarty 6 Edu 7 Holden 8 Szetela 9 Davies 10 Feilhaber 11 Adu 12 Altidore 13 Ianni 14 Rogers 15 Parkhurst 16 Kljestan 17 McBride 18 Guzan Coach: Nowak v t e United States squad – 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup Runners-up 1 Howard 2 Bornstein 3 Bocanegra 4 Casey 5 Onyewu 6 Pearce 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey 9 Davies 10 Donovan 11 Wynne 12 M. Bradley 13 Clark 14 Califf 15 DeMerit 16 Kljestan 17 Altidore 18 Guzan 19 Adu 20 Torres 21 Spector 22 Feilhaber 23 Robles Coach: B. Bradley v t e United States squad – 2010 FIFA World Cup 1 Howard 2 Spector 3 Bocanegra (c) 4 M. Bradley 5 Onyewu 6 Cherundolo 7 Beasley 8 Dempsey 9 Gomez 10 Donovan 11 Holden 12 Bornstein 13 Clark 14 Buddle 15 DeMerit 16 Torres 17 Altidore 18 Guzan 19 Edu 20 Findley 21 Goodson 22 Feilhaber 23 Hahnemann Coach: B. Bradley