Kurt Andersen
Nato: September 22, 1954 – Omaha, Nebraska, United States
Kurt Andersen is an American novelist, journalist, and broadcaster whose work spans politics, culture, media, and American history. He co-founded Spy magazine, created and hosted the Peabody Award-winning public radio program Studio 360, and wrote books including Fantasyland, Evil Geniuses, and the novel True Believers.
Biografia e Percorso dell'Autore
Born and raised in Nebraska, Kurt Andersen developed outside the coastal centers he later helped define. After graduating from Harvard College, he built a career that moved fluently among criticism, editing, satire, fiction, and broadcasting. His first decisive breakthrough came in 1986, when he co-founded Spy, the magazine whose sharp blend of reporting and satire helped set the tone for a generation of media writing. Another turning point followed when he became editor-in-chief of New York and then, in 2000, co-founded Inside, one of the early digitally native publications devoted to the media and entertainment business. ((https://www.kurtandersen.com/about))
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Evil Geniuses
Kurt Andersen
A provocative exposé of how America's economic and social systems were deliberately dismantled by powerful elites since the 1970s.
Fantasyland
Kurt Andersen
A provocative exploration of America's history of magical thinking, from the Puritans to present-day conspiracy theories and political polarization.
Evil Geniuses
Kurt Andersen
A provocative exposé of how America's economic and social systems were deliberately dismantled by powerful elites since the 1970s.
Fantasyland
Kurt Andersen
A provocative exploration of America's history of magical thinking, from the Puritans to present-day conspiracy theories and political polarization.
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Voci della Community
"Kurt Andersen is America’s voice of reason"
— Sarah Vowell
"Fantasyland presents the very best kind of idea—one that, in retrospect, seems obvious, but that took a seer like Kurt Andersen to piece together"
— Stephen Dubner
"Kurt Andersen is a dazzling writer and a perceptive student of the many layers of American life"
— Tom Brokaw
"Kurt Andersen interrogates the past half century with characteristic intellectual ambition and literary bravado to find out"
— Jacob Weisberg
"With this rousing book, Kurt Andersen proves to be the kind of clear-eyed critic an anxious country needs in the midst of a national crisis"
— San Francisco Chronicle
"Kurt Andersen has published a big, swinging novel you'll want to check out"
— The Washington Post
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"BeFreed turned my commute into learning time. 20-min podcasts are perfect for finishing books I never had time for."
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