Landon Jones

Landon Jones was the Managing Editor of People magazine from 1989 to 1997.

Recent Articles

America Is Forgetting Its Own History

Technology and the President are making us lose what unifies us

By Landon Jones

This Election Is the Baby Boomers' Last Hurrah

This election could be the generation's last moment in the political spotlight

By Landon Jones

The Story Behind America's First War on 'Terror'

A cautionary tale from 1814

By Landon Jones

Here's How to See #OscarsSoWhite in Real Time on Sunday

Look at the seat fillers

By Landon Jones

What We Can Learn From the Summer of 1915

James Agee’s prose-poem is perhaps the best thing ever written about summer

By Pia de Jong and Landon Jones

The Incredible True Story Behind 'Amazing Grace'

Its author was an atheist slave trader who found salvation

By Landon Jones

How 'Hands Up, Don't Shoot' Could Start a Real Revolution

The unpunished deaths of Michael Brown and Eric Garner have sparked protests reminiscent of the start of the Free Speech Movement

By Landon Jones

Meet the Clinton Baby's Other Grandparents

Or, as they're called in Yiddish, the 'machatonim'

By Landon Jones

Death and the Maiden: Meryl Streep’s Tribute to Philip Roth

A one-time performance honors the now-retired novelist's Everyman

By Landon Jones and Pia de Jong
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