Beth Macy worked on her second narrative nonfiction book, Truevine, about race, greed, and the circus. Her first nonfiction book, Factory Man, debuted on The New York Times Best Seller list and won the J. Anthony Lukas Work-in-Progress Award. Her third book, DOPESICK: Dealers, Doctors and the Drug Company that Addicted America, was published in 2018 by Little, Brown and Company.
Beth Macy
Disciplines:
Literature – nonfiction
Disciplines:
Literature – nonfiction
Based in Roanoke, VA
Residencies: 2015
Studios
Putnam
Beth Macy worked in the Putnam studio.
Originally known simply as Graphics Studio, this building was converted to its current use between 1972 and 1974 through a grant from the Putnam Foundation. Before this transformation, the building served as both a powerhouse and pump house for the property. Well water was drawn from a large cistern and…