Thanks you for posting this, Petra was fabulous person. Technically she started before I did in Engineering even though she was younger than I was then. She left to be come a journalist at Columbia among other places then came back. in 2000 before I left for the west coast. Since I'm in LA I didn't see her very much. However, my favorite story she did which I've been sharing was about learning to ride a bike in her thirties because in Key West she she liked to go, it was the best way to get around. She inspired others to learn as adults.
https://www.npr.org/2013/12/29/251997138/winging-it-biking-around-again-in-margaritaville Take care, Patrick On Saturday, November 13, 2021 at 7:13:44 PM UTC-8 [email protected] wrote: > [NPR press release] > > NPR books editor Petra Mayer has died > > Petra Mayer, a beloved books editor on NPR's Culture desk, died on > Saturday. > > She died suddenly at Holy Cross Hospital in Maryland of what's believed to > be a pulmonary embolism, said Nancy Barnes, NPR's senior vice president > for news, in an email to staff. > > "Petra was NPR through and through," Barnes wrote. "To say that Petra will > be missed simply seems inadequate." > > Mayer was a proud nerd with a penchant for science fiction, comics and > cats, said fellow books editor Meghan Sullivan > > She shared those passions with readers and listeners through her reviews > of sci-fi, fantasy, romance, thrillers and comics, her trusty on-the-scene > reporting at Comic-Con, and her contributions to the Book Concierge, NPR's > annual literary-recommendation tool. She brought her zeal to the guest > chair on occasional Pop Culture Happy Hour podcast episodes. > ====== > rest: > > https://www.npr.org/2021/11/13/1055585327/npr-books-editor-petra-mayer-has-died > > And from Ms. Mayer's Twitter mini bio: > > @petramatic > Editor, NPR Books. Sneaking Oxford commas past the copy desk since 2012. > Buster Keaton's secret girlfriend. TOS is the One True Trek, don't @ me. > She/her. > ======== > eyup, Oxford comma! > > _____________________________________________________ > Knowledge may be power, but communications is the key > [email protected] > [to foil spammers, my address has been double rot-13 encoded] > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "World News Now Discussion List" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/wnndl/3b2a7987-17be-409b-b67f-dc53669f2a24n%40googlegroups.com.
