About the Fellow

Charles A. Hirshberg was awarded a Robert and Charlotte Baron Fellowship. He is a New York based writer for ESPN the Magazine, columnist for Sports Illustrated and contributor to Baron's and many other publications. Hirshberg has held staff positions at LIFE, the Los Angeles Times, Washington Post and Popular Science. Mr. Hirshberg is author of two books, Will You Miss Me When I'm Gone?: The Carter Family and Their Legacy in American Music and ESPN 25. At AAS, he conducted research for a forthcoming biography, Vistas of Destiny: Thomas Wentworth Higginson in Worcester.