Ray Mungo
Encyclopedia
Raymond Mungo is the author, co-author, or editor of more than a dozen books. He writes about business, economics, and financial matters as well as cultural issues. In the 1960s, he attended Boston University
, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Boston University News in 1966-67; and where, as a student leader, he spearheaded demonstrations against the Vietnam War
.
In 1967, Mungo co-founded the Liberation News Service
(LNS), an alternative news agency, along with Marshall Bloom
. LNS split off from College Press Service
(CPS) in a political dispute. The founding event was a notably tumultuous meeting that transpired not far from the offices of CPS on Church Street in Washington, D.C.
. Mungo descriptively details this event in his book, Famous Long Ago: My Life and Hard Times with the Liberation News Service.
In 1968 he moved to Vermont with Verandah Porche
and others as part of the back to the land movement.
Mungo continued to write through the 1970s and 1980s; however in 1997 his career path took a different turn. He completed a Master's Degree in counseling and began working with the severely mentally ill and with AIDS
patients in Los Angeles. Mungo visited France in 2000 and briefly considered relocating there.
Boston University
Boston University is a private research university located in Boston, Massachusetts. With more than 4,000 faculty members and more than 31,000 students, Boston University is one of the largest private universities in the United States and one of Boston's largest employers...
, where he served as editor-in-chief of the Boston University News in 1966-67; and where, as a student leader, he spearheaded demonstrations against the Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
.
In 1967, Mungo co-founded the Liberation News Service
Liberation News Service
Liberation News Service was a New Left, Underground press news service which published news bulletins from 1967 to 1981.-History:The Liberation News Service was co-founded in the summer of 1967 by Ray Mungo and Marshall Bloom after the two of them were separated from the United States Student...
(LNS), an alternative news agency, along with Marshall Bloom
Marshall Bloom
Marshall Bloom is best known as the co-founder of the Liberation News Service with Ray Mungo in 1967.-Early life and university studies:...
. LNS split off from College Press Service
College Press Service
College Press Service is a commercial news agency supplying stories to student newspapers.It began as the news agency of the United States Student Press Association . When USSPA...
(CPS) in a political dispute. The founding event was a notably tumultuous meeting that transpired not far from the offices of CPS on Church Street in Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C.
Washington, D.C., formally the District of Columbia and commonly referred to as Washington, "the District", or simply D.C., is the capital of the United States. On July 16, 1790, the United States Congress approved the creation of a permanent national capital as permitted by the U.S. Constitution....
. Mungo descriptively details this event in his book, Famous Long Ago: My Life and Hard Times with the Liberation News Service.
In 1968 he moved to Vermont with Verandah Porche
Verandah Porche
Verandah Porche is a poet living in Guilford, Vermont. -Biography:Porche attended public schools in Teaneck, New Jersey, graduated from Teaneck High School in 1963, and went on to Boston University, graduating in 1968. That same year, with some friends, she founded a commune in southern...
and others as part of the back to the land movement.
Mungo continued to write through the 1970s and 1980s; however in 1997 his career path took a different turn. He completed a Master's Degree in counseling and began working with the severely mentally ill and with AIDS
AIDS
Acquired immune deficiency syndrome or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the human immunodeficiency virus...
patients in Los Angeles. Mungo visited France in 2000 and briefly considered relocating there.
Works and Publications
- Famous Long Ago: My Life and Hard Times with Liberation News Service. Beacon Press, Boston, 1970, and many other editions
- Total Loss Farm: A Year in the Life. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1970, and many other editions
- Between Two Moons: A Technicolor Travelogue. Beacon Press, Boston, 1972
- Tropical Detective Story: The Flower Children Meet the VooDoo Chiefs. Fiction. E. P. Dutton, New York, 1972
- Return to Sender: When the Fish in the Water was Thirsty. Houghton Miflin, Boston, and San Francisco Book Company, 1975
- Moving On, Holding Still. Photos by Peter Simon text by Raymond Mungo. Grossman Publishers, New York
- Mungobus, Avon Books, New York. Trilogy containing Famous Long Ago, Total Loss Farm, and Return to Sender in one paperback edition
- Famous Long Ago: My Life and Hard Times with Liberation News Service, at Total Loss Farm, and on the Dharma Trail. Citadel Underground Classics, Carol Publishing, New York, 1990. Trilogy of Famous Long Ago, Total Loss Farm, and Return to Sender in one paperback edition
- Home Comfort. With the People of Total Loss Farm. Saturday Review Press, New York
- Cosmic Profit: How to Make Money Without Doing Time, Atlantic Little Brown, Boston, 1980
- Confessions from Left Field, E. P. Dutton Co., New York, 1983
- Lit Biz 101, Dell Publishing, New York, 1986
- The Learning Annex Guide to Getting Successfully Published, Carol Publishing, New York
- Beyond the Revolution, Contemporary Books, Chicago, 1990
- No Credit Required: How to Buy a House when you Don't Qualify for a Mortgage. New American Library, New York, 1993
- Your Autobiography: Over 300 Questions to Help You Write Your Life Story, Macmillan Publishers, New York, 1994
- Liberace, Chelsea House, 1995. In the 'Lives of Notable Gay Men and Lesbians' series edited by Martin Duberman
- San Francisco Confidential, Carol Publishing, New York, 1996