Alex Beam

Boston Globe columnist whose 23 July 2021 piece 'Just the fact(oid)s, please' revisited Mailer's coinage 'factoid' and a complaint Norris Church Mailer once sent him about its misuse.

Alex Beam is a columnist for The Boston Globe. His 23 July 2021 column “Just the fact(oid)s, please” revisited Mailer’s coinage factoid — minted in Marilyn (1973) — recalling a letter from Norris Church Mailer correcting his misuse of the word.