David Hajdu

Autor/a de The Ten-Cent Plague: The Great Comic-Book Scare and How It Changed America

10+ obres 1,866 Membres 48 Ressenyes

Sobre l'autor

David Hajdu is the author of the award-winning "Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn" (FSG, 1996, North Point Press, 1997). Lately he has written for "The New York Times Magazine", "The New York Review of Books"; & "Vanity Fair". He lives in New York City. (Bowker Author Biography)

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Obres de David Hajdu

Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan Baez, Bob Dylan, Mimi Baez Farina and Richard Farina (2001) 654 exemplars

Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn (1996) 215 exemplars

Love for Sale: Pop Music in America (2016) 58 exemplars

Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies, Comics, and Culture (2009) 45 exemplars

Adrianne Geffel: A Fiction (2020) 22 exemplars

Discovering Great Singers of Classic Pop: A New Listener's Guide to 52 Top Crooners and Canaries (The Newmarket… (1991) 20 exemplars

Entertainment Weekly 1997 Yearbook (Entertainment Weekly Yearbook) (1999) 10 exemplars

A Revolution in Three Acts: The Radical Vaudeville of Bert Williams, Eva Tanguay, and Julian Eltinge (2021) 6 exemplars

Entertainment weekly ... yearbook 2 exemplars

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Obres associades

The Best American Magazine Writing 2004 (2004) — Col·laborador — 82 exemplars

Best Music Writing 2011 (Da Capo Best Music Writing) (2011) — Col·laborador — 43 exemplars

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Data de naixement: 1955-03
Gènere: male
Nacionalitat: USA
Llocs de residència: New York, New York, USA
Professions: journalist
university professor
Organitzacions: Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism
The New Republic
The Nation

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Heroes and Villains: Essays on Music, Movies,… de David Hajdu

The essays on jazz performers make the book especially worth reading.

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monicaberger | Jan 22, 2024 |

Positively 4th Street: The Lives and Times of Joan… de David Hajdu

Very well written and most enjoyable.

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monicaberger | Hi ha 10 ressenyes més | Jan 22, 2024 |

Lush Life: A Biography of Billy Strayhorn de David Hajdu

Sensitive and comprehensive. David Hajdu is a masterful expository prose stylist--this is perhaps the best biography of a major figure in jazz I've ever read.

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Mark_Feltskog | Hi ha 1 ressenya més | Dec 23, 2023 |