Polsgrove, Carol

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POLSGROVE, Carol

POLSGROVE, Carol. American, b. 1945. Genres: Documentaries/ Reportage. Career: Maysville Community College, Maysville, KY, instructor, 1973-74; Eastern Kentucky University, Richmond, KY, associate professor, 1974-77; San Jose State University, San Jose, CA, lecturer, 1978-80, 1982-83; San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA, lecturer, 1986- 87; California State University, Hayward, CA, lecturer, 1987-89; Indiana University, School of Journalism, Bloomington, IN, professor of journalism, 1989-. Writer for Associated Press, 1967-68; Progessive, associate editor, 1980-81; Mother Jones, editor, 1983-85. Publications: It Wasn't Pretty, Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun? Esquire in the Sixties, 1995, rev. ed. as It Wasn't Pretty, Folks, But Didn't We Have Fun? Surviving the Sixties with Esquire's Harold Hayes, 2001; Divided Minds: Intellectuals and the Civil Rights Movement, 2001. Contributor of scholarly works to journals and magazines. Address: School of Journalism, Ernie Pyle Hall, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN 47405, U.S.A.