Professional/Personal Overview
Expert, idiosyncratic writer and interviewer with interests in literature, poetry, rock'n'roll, baseball, visual art. Former book editor and bookseller; critic, musician, poet, and painter.
Work Info
Expertise
Editor
10 Years
Sales Person
7 Years
Writer
7 Years
Specialty
Arts & Humanities
14 Years
Books & Literature
14 Years
Music
11 Years
Total Media Industry Experience
16 Years
Media Client List (# assignments
last 2 yrs)
Washington Post (6-10), Cleveland Plain Dealer (3-5), n+1 (1-2), Boston Review (1-2), Brooklyn Rail (1-2), Time Out New York Kids (1-2)
Corporate Client List (# assignments last 2 yrs)
Becker & Mayer Books (3-5), Penguin Books (3-5)
Other Work History
Bookseller, Coliseum Books
Computer Skills
Word/Excel
Technical Skills
Digital recording
Equipment
Digital Camera, Digital Audio
Foreign Language Skills
French
References
Ron Kolm, Posman Books, 718 721 0946
Associations
National Book Critics Circle
Other
Extensive knowledge of popular culture, music, and art; poet, writer, and painter. BA English cum laude Dartmouth College 1990.
Freelancer Availability
I occasionally freelance. I live near New York, NY. I am willing to travel regionally. I have a driver's license.
Work Samples
book reviews
(Washington Post , 4/11/2012)
Book review of three contemporary collections of short stories
(n+1 , 5/1/2009)
Essay discussing Blake Bailey's biography of American novelist John Cheever and Cheever's fictional world and its morality and contemporary relevance
(Washington Post , 4/29/2009)
Book review of five recent novels by a new wave of male Americans
(No Depression , 11/1/2007)
Enthusiastic review of David Meyer's biography of seminal country-rocker Gram Parsons
(L Magazine , 7/20/2005)
Scathing review of Chuck Klosterman's book KILLING YOURSELF TO LIVE
music reviews
(L Magazine , 4/11/2005)
Largely positive review of Carl Barat's band Dirty Pretty Things debut album; review mourns premature breakup of Barat's previous band, UK combo Libertines
(L Magazine , 3/6/2005)
Review of Detroit singer Brendan Benson's album THE ALTERNATIVE TO LOVE; praises Benson for eclectic musicianship while acknowledging lightweight nature of material
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June 4, 2013 | San Francisco
