James P. MacGuire

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James P. MacGuire's latest book, OUT OF TIME: SURVIVING THE SIXTIES, was published in June of 2020. His prior books include the collection WORLDS WITHIN WORLDS: A FATHER'S POEMS AND PRAYERS (2018), and REAL LACE REVISITED: INSIDE THE HIDDEN WORLD OF AMERICA'S IRISH ARISTOCRACY (2017).

OUT OF TIME: SURVIVING THE SIXTIES is MacGuire's poignant memoir of a decade that remains iconic in the American imagination, whether in the turbulent summer of 2020, or any season, for Baby Boomers and all the generations after. Set in a still bucolic Long Island, at a boarding school on Narragansett Bay, in San Francisco, Wyoming, Woodstock, Washington and Minnesota Outward Bound, the book chronicles a coming of age filled with uncertainty, intensity, increasing violence, and the search for drugs, sex, rock 'n roll, and God.

Jamie MacGuire was born on March 4th, 1952 in New York City. He grew up on Long Island, the fifth of six boys. He attended Portsmouth Abbey School in Rhode Island with such other well-known writers as Christopher Buckley, E.J. Dionne, Michael Garvey and Christopher Ogden. MacGuire took his B.A. and M.A. at Johns Hopkins in The Writing Seminars and did additional graduate research on 19th and 20th century literature in the English Faculty at the University of Cambridge. His doctoral dissertation is on "John Millington Synge and the Aran Islands."

From 1977 to 1979 MacGuire was country program director of Catholic Relief Services in Burundi, supervising a variety of maternal-child health and agricultural development projects. Returning to New York, in 1980 MacGuire joined Time Inc. and later worked at such other media companies as Macmillan, The Health Network, and the Corporation for Public Broadcasting. He is presently the Managing Editor/ US for the Catholic Herald.

James P. MacGuire's books include:

London and the English Countryside (1989)
Campion (with Christopher Buckley,1990)
Beyond Partisan Politics (1992)
Miracle in East Harlem: The Fight for Choice in Public Education (with Seymour Fliegel, 1993)
Dusk on Lake Tanganyika (1999)
The Rockaway Hunting Club at 125 (with Benjamin Allison, 2004)
Newman and the Intellectual Tradition (2013)
The Catholic Shakespeare? (2013)
Modern Science/ Ancient Faith (2013)
The Catholic William F. Buckley Jr. (2014)
Catholicism and the American Experience (2014)
Real Lace Revisited (2017)
Worlds Within Worlds: A Father's Poems and Prayers (2018)
Out of Time: Surviving the Sixties (2020)

Personal:

James MacGuire married Alane ("Lanie") Sauder, a Jungian psychoanalyst, in 1990. She died in March of 2015. He has two beloved sons, Pierce Patterson MacGuire and Rhoads Walker MacGuire. He lives in New York with his longtime companion, the sublime Michelle Coppedge.

Among his many interests are travel, music, the theatre, movies and sports, especially horse racing and tennis.

MacGuire has served on the boards of many not for profit organizations including the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Fordham College at Lincoln Center, Stage Plays Theatre Company, Student Sponsor Partners and The Man O' War Project and AFGRO. He has been a playwright-in-residence at the Williamstown Theatre Festival, a senior fellow at the Center for Educational Innovation at the Manhattan Institute and the Center for Social Thought. He was the founding director of the Portsmouth Institute and is a member of the International Lawn Tennis Club.

James MacGuire lives in New York with his companion, the sublime Michelle Coppedge.

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Out of Time: Surviving the Sixties May 31, 2020

by James P. MacGuire

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Jamie MacGuire's poignant coming of age memoir of the iconic 1960s is the perfect light reading for summer or any season, especially in 2020, whether for Baby Boomers or those who came after. Set in a still bucolic Long Island, a Catholic boarding school on Narragansett Bay, in San Francisco, Wyoming, Washington, Woodstock and Minnesota's Outward Bound, the book chronicles the uncertainty, intensity, increasingly radical politics and confusion of the search for sex, drugs, rock 'n roll, racial justice, and God.

James P. MacGuire's writing has appeared in many national publications. He is the author or co-author of fourteen books and two beloved sons, Pierce and Rhoads.

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Real Lace Revisited: Inside the Hidden World of America’s Irish Aristocracy Mar 15, 2017

by James P. MacGuire

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Here is a revisitation--part tribute, part update--of Stephen Birmingham's much-loved Real Lace. James P. MacGuire, a member of one of Birmingham's Irish Families, creates his own entertaining portrait of life among the Irish Rich, further detailing and filling out this engrossing portion of America's social history.

Real Lace Revisited chronicles the religious, financial and social evolution of the First Irish Families’ world, its rise, peak, decline, fall, and, in some cases, transformative rebirth. Rather than a memoir, however, the book reads as an informed historical, non-fiction account of the upper-class Irish world as it grew and changed. Real Lace Revisited is always accessible and highly readable, enlivened by MacGuire’s gift for storytelling, encyclopedic knowledge, and often humorous insight into the families concerned.

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International Religious Freedom: The Rise of Global Intolerance Jul 5, 2019

by James P. MacGuire , David Alton (Prof. Lord Alton of Liverpool) , Tristan Azbej , Amanda C. Bowman , Sen Sam Brownback , Victor Davis Hanson , Philip Jenkins , Raymond W. Kelly , Fr. Benedict Kiely , Paul P. Mariani , Andrea Schneider , Nina Shea , Rabbi Mitchell Rocklin , Mitchell D. Silber , Kyle Smith , Rabbia Aryeh Spero , Marcella Symanski , Frank Wolf

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This book documents the history of religious persecution, especially focusing on early Jewish and Christian experiences and the culmination of horrors in the Nazi era, in which six million Jews, over a million Catholics, and many others were put to death for their beliefs. The book then focuses on the many types of religious intolerance in the world today, particularly the genocide against Christians in the Middle East and Africa, and resurgent Anti-Semitism in the Middle East, Europe and even the United States. The book concludes by discussing how we work together to preserve the ancient civilizations that provided roots for both Christians and Jews so that their populace and historical artifacts are safe from destruction and their cultural and religious heritage are preserved.

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Catholicism and the American Experience: Portsmouth Review Aug 7, 2014

by James P. MacGuire

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What does it mean to be Catholic in America? Catholicism and the American Experience features essays from Robert George, Peter Steinfels, George Weigel, E. J. Dionne, and many more, exploring the unique elements of American Catholicism. The volume highlights the proceedings of the fifth annual Portsmouth Institute conference.

This collection of essays addresses the topic of Catholicism and the American Experience from diverse points of view. They discuss thorny topics such as the relationship between the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act and religious freedom, what it means to be Catholic in a secular age, and the current state of Catholic art. Essays also explore subjects ranging from New Evangelization in the church to Catholic leadership.

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The Catholic William F. Buckley, Jr.: Portsmouth Review Mar 18, 2014

by James P. MacGuire

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William F. Buckley, Jr. was a prominent conservative American political commentator who was known for his rhetorical brilliance and frequent wit. In his eighty-two- plus years, he founded National Review, wrote fifty-five books, thousands of columns, hosted hundreds of Firing Line television shows, and became recognized as the founder of the modern conservative movement. The first major conference on William F. Buckley, Jr. was convened by the Portsmouth Institute, in 2009, specifically to explore the role William F. Buckley, Jr.'s Catholic faith played in the formation of his thought and work. This volume of the Portsmouth Review, edited by Portsmouth Institute director James MacGuire, contains the proceedings of that conference with contributions by James L. Buckley, Peter Flanigan, Father George Rutler, Maggie Gallagher, Kathryn Jean Lopez, Roger Kimball, Joseph Bottum, E.J. Dionne, Lee Edwards, Clark Judge and Neal Freeman. There are additional articles by Christopher Buckley and Doms Damian Kearney and Paschal Scotti O.S.B.

William F. Buckley, Jr., though blessed with an impervious faith, was not always predictable in his Catholic views. He resisted reforms of Vatican II, questioned many of the Church’s teachings, and was the first to confess that he was no theologian. With all this in mind, The Catholic William F. Buckley, Jr. is an essential resource for understanding what animated and inspired one of the great public intellectuals of the second half of the 20st century.

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The Catholic Shakespeare?: Portsmouth Review Apr 11, 2013

by The Portsmouth Institute

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Was Shakespeare Catholic?
By observing Shakespeare’s history and his plays evidence suggests that he was sympathetic to the Catholics’ plight. He had personal connections to people who were persecuted for their faith and throughout his plays there is evidence of a Catholic worldview. The Catholic Shakespeare? gives an inside look at the 2011 Portsmouth Institute conference, offering different takes from speakers to Shakespearean plays. Each speaker offers compelling evidence and some suggestions about the basis and meaning behind his plays as they relate to a Catholic view. Dr. Gerard Kilroy, University College, London, assembles linguistic and thematic cues to suggest Romeo and Juliet as an allegory for believers and the Catholic Church. Dennis Taylor, Boston College, takes a more historical approach in his review of Shakespeare's play The Tempest, tracing Catholic links to early efforts to explore the Americas. And, finally, Fr. David Beauregard, St. Clement seminary, takes a religious and philosophical look at relationships, charity, and the development of virtue in The Tempest. The Catholic Shakespeare is a must-read for anyone interested in the mystery behind Shakespeare’s religion.

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Worlds Within Worlds: A Father’S Poems and Prayers Feb 17, 2018

by James P. MacGuire

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In Worlds Within Worlds: A Fathers Poems and Prayers, James P. MacGuires poems celebrate the joys and challenges of love, marriage, fatherhood, children, work, loss, sorrow, doubt, and ultimately, resilient faith. With settings in New York, the Long Island shore, New England, Florida, Colorado, and Ireland, MacGuires poetry is alive with the seen and the unseen, the natural and the supernatural, quotidian realities, and sublimely spiritual illuminations.

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Modern Science, Ancient Faith: Portsmouth Review Aug 15, 2013

by The Portsmouth Institute

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Modern Science, Ancient Faith brings together the proceedings of the annual Portsmouth Institute conference. The Modern Science, Ancient Faith conference asked tough questions, such as whether or not faith can exist in a world where science demonstrates ever more details of creation and the evolution of human life? And, is there a place for science among those who believe that the Book of Genesis is God’s inspired revelation?

This volume includes contributions from a range of perspectives, including scientists, philosophers, and theologians. It features essays from noted commentators on the science and religion debate, such as John Haught lecture Evolution and Faith, William Dembski on a proof of God’s existence, and Michael Ruse on how we can make room for faith in our increasingly technological age. Modern Science, Ancient Faith brings readers into lively debate about thorny, yet essential, questions of faith and reason today.

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Newman and the Intellectual Tradition: Portsmouth Review Apr 11, 2013

by The Portsmouth Institute

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Newman and the Intellectual Tradition highlights the proceedings of the 2010 Portsmouth Institute on Newman and the Intellectual Tradition. John Henry Newman was an Anglican priest for two decades in the 1800s, and was one of the founders of the Oxford Movement, which sought to reinvigorate the Church of England. In 1845 he left the Anglican Church to convert to Roman Catholicism. He was ordained a priest soon after, and was elevated to Cardinal in 1879. The richness of Newman’s thought and the felicity of his prose remain powerful and provocative today. This book includes speeches, articles, and thoughts about Newman from a distinguished array of speakers. They successfully explore Cardinal Newman’s far-ranging life and thought. For anyone wanting to further their own understanding of Cardinal Newman’s character this is a must-read.

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