Sam Tanenhaus
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Sam Tanenhaus (born October 31, 1955) is an American historian, biographer, and journalist. He currently is a writer for Prospect.[1]
Early life
Tanenhaus received his B.A. in English from Grinnell College in 1977 and an M.A. in English literature from Yale University in 1978. His siblings include psycholinguist Michael Tanenhaus, filmmaker Beth Tanenhaus Winsten, and legal historian David S. Tanenhaus.[citation needed]
Career
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Tanenhaus was an assistant editor at The New York Times from 1997 to 1999, and a contributing editor at Vanity Fair from 1999 until 2004. From April 2004[2] to April 2013 he served as the editor of The New York Times Book Review.[3][4][5] He has written many featured articles for that publication, including a 10-year retrospective on the politics of radical centrism.[6] His 1997 biography of Whittaker Chambers won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a finalist for both the National Book Award for Nonfiction[7] and the Pulitzer Prize for Biography.[8] Since 2019, Tanenhaus has been a visiting professor at St. Michael's College in the University of Toronto, where he teaches courses on American politics and media studies.[9]
Personal life
Tanenhaus formerly lived in Tarrytown, New York with his wife.[10] Currently, he resides in Essex, Connecticut.[11]
Bibliography
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tanenhaus, Sam (1984). Literature Unbound: A Guide for the Common Reader. New York: Ballantine Books. ISBN 0-345-33297-0.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.—— (July 1, 1988). Louis Armstrong: Musician. Black Americans of Achievement. New York: Chelsea House Publications. ISBN 0-7910-0221-7. OCLC 608888948.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.—— (1995). Old Greenwich Village: An Architectural Portrait. Gross, Steve (Photographer). New York: John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 0-471-14405-3. OCLC 315861193.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.—— (February 18, 1997). Whittaker Chambers: A Biography. Modern Library. ISBN 0394585593. OCLC 1520244898.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.—— (September 1, 2009). The Death of Conservatism. New York: Random House. ISBN 978-1-4000-6884-5. OCLC 316030305.
- Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.—— (June 3, 2025). Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America (First hardcover ed.). New York: Random House. ISBN 978-0375502347. OCLC 1444155811.
References
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- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."About Us". Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved October 28, 2017.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."NYT memo on Schacter's new position". poynter.org. March 12, 2004. Archived from the original on March 13, 2004. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Pamela Paul is named New York Times Book Review editor". jimromenesko.com. April 9, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2013.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Sam Tanenhaus". City University of New York. Archived from the original on June 8, 2008.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Neyfakh, Leon (March 11, 2009). "Random House Signs Up a Little Sam Tanenhaus Book on the Future of Conservatism". The New York Observer. Archived from the original on March 14, 2009. Retrieved March 12, 2009.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Tanenhaus, Sam (April 14, 2010). "The Radical Center: The History of an Idea". The New York Times Book Review.
- ^ "National Book Awards – 1997". National Book Foundation. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
- ^ "Biography or Autobiography". Past winners & finalists by category. The Pulitzer Prizes. Retrieved 2012-04-13.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."St. Michael's Welcomes Sam Tanenhaus as Visiting Professor". University of St. Michael's College. Retrieved February 5, 2022.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content.Noah Charney (August 8, 2012). "Inside the NYT Book Review: 'How I Write' Interviews Sam Tanenhaus". The Daily Beast. Retrieved August 9, 2012.
- ^ Page Module:Citation/CS1/styles.css has no content."Former New York Times Book Review editor to speak in Essex".
External links
- Appearances on C-SPAN
- Will the Tea Get Cold? (March 8, 2012 New York Review of Books issue)
- Interview with Sam Tanenhaus Script error: No such module "webarchive". from Oxford American
- Sam Tanenhaus's review of Freedom by Jonathan Franzen in The New York Times Book Review
- Sam Tanenhaus's review of Going Rogue by Sarah Palin in The New Yorker
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