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Debra Bruno

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in Catskill, New York, The United States

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https://www.debrabruno.com/

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History, Memoir

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Debra Bruno is a longtime Washington journalist and teacher, with a career that has covered law, politics, the arts, music, dance, theater, books, culture, health, and international issues. She has worked at Moment Magazine, Legal Times, and Roll Call.

From 2011-2014, she was a freelance writer in Beijing, covering subjects as diverse as expat divorce and post-nuptial agreements for the Wall Street Journal, about rowing in a dragon boat for the Washington Post, and about Chinese hutongs for Atlantic’s CityLab.

After returning from China, she continued as a freelance writer, covering topics as diverse as an interview with ACLU legal head David Cole for American Lawyer, or writing about drum circles and 3D ultrasound images for the Washington ...more

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	A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family by Debra Bruno (Goodreads Author), Eleanor C. Mire (afterword) 4.13 avg rating — 85 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Beijing from A to Z: An Expat Couple's Adventures in China” 3.50 avg rating — 4 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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I recently made a three-minute trailer to describe who I am and why I wrote the book. Take a look and listen: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kulic...

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Debra Bruno rated a book it was amazing Everything Has Happened by T. Greenwood (Goodreads Author)	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
Truly a page-turner, Everything Has Happened captures love and loss in a 1980s setting. By the end of the book, I was gasping and saying "Oh no!" But in a good way. I loved the imagery: an old woman's veiny hands, stale marshmallows, the sense of won ...more
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Debra Bruno rated a book it was amazing Means of Control: How the Hidden Alliance of Tech and Government Is Creating a New American Surveillance State by Byron Tau	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
We don't want to think about how much of our lives are watched, from our google clicks to our car's tires, but this book, in an accessible and compelling way, forces us to think about what the constant tracking means. This is as much a kind of spy th ...more
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Debra Bruno liked Judith's review of A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family: "Wow. Gripping! Heard about this book on a podcast and so glad I read it. This book follows the quest of Debra Bruno, who is a “reluctant archaeologist “ of her past—through an ancestry search, she discovers her Dutch ancestors in upper NY were slaveh" Read more of this review »
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Debra Bruno liked Nancy L's review of A Hudson Valley Reckoning: Discovering the Forgotten History of Slaveholding in My Dutch American Family: "I was so impressed with Bruno's meticulous research and sensitivity to her interactions with the descendants of the enslaved families, especially the friendship she formed with Eleanor Mire. Took me a while to absorb all the names--as it did for the " Read more of this review »
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