Charles M. Blow

Charles M. Blow is an acclaimed journalist and op-ed columnist for the New York Times who appears frequently on CNN. Charles M. Blow has been a New York Times Op-Ed columnist since 2008. His column appears on Monday and Thursday. He is the author of the New York Times bestselling memoir Fire Shut Up in My Bones.

He graduated magna cum laude from Grambling State University in Louisiana, where he received a B.A. in mass communications. He lives in Brooklyn and has three children. (Photo credit: Beowulf Sheehan).