Brian Wright O'Connor

Boston-based writer and consultant Brian O'Connor has been a contributor writing in the Boston area for close to 30 years. His articles and essays on race, social change, war, politics, economics, travel and family have appeared in newspapers, magazines and journals in the U.S. and abroad. He has also written hundreds of profiles for publication. A graduate of Harvard College, O’Connor studied symbolist poetry at the University of Grenoble after spending three years teaching English and coaching soccer at St. Albans School in Washington, D.C. He joined the staff of the Bay State Banner as a reporter and served as managing editor until leaving to become Communications Director for U.S. Rep. Joseph P. Kennedy II (D-Mass.).