Golson was executive editor of Playboy magazine from 1977 to 1989.[2] During that time he edited The Playboy Interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono[3] and The Playboy Interview,[4] both originally published in 1981,[5] as well as The Playboy Interview Volume II, published in 1983, featuring interviews from the magazine's first two decades.[6][7]
In 2006, he authored Gringos in Paradise[14] and, two years later, Retirement Without Borders,[15] both detailing his life as an expatriate.[16][17]
In 2020, Golson began writing editorial columns for the Tampa Bay Times, covering such topics as politics, culture, love, family and survival in the age of COVID-19.[18]
^Class of 1967. (1967). Yale University - Banner and Pot Pourri Yearbook. New Haven, CT: Produced under the auspices of the 1967 Class Council in cooperation with Yale Banner Publications. p. 63. OCLC17100540.((cite book)): CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^Sheff, David; Lennon, John; Ono, Yoko; Golson, G. Barry (1983). The Playboy interviews with John Lennon and Yoko Ono. Berkley Books. ISBN0425059898. OCLC474949545.