Sam Lansky

Sam Lansky
Born September 23, 1988
Occupation Author

Sam Lansky is a journalist, author and editor at TIME magazine. He has written for New York Magazine, The Atlantic, Esquire, Out, and Grantland.

Early life

He came out at the age of 11.[1] After his parents divorced, he lived with his father in Manhattan and attended the Dwight School.[1] He began using drugs when he was in his early teens. He was forcibly entered into a wilderness rehabilitation in Utah at 17[2] and became sober when he was 19.[3]

Career

He enrolled in the New School and got a degree in creative writing. He worked as a freelance music critic before joining the editorial staff of TIME.[1] At TIME he profiled Madonna, Nicki Minaj and Adele.

In 2016 he released his first book The Gilded Razor, a memoir of his troubled teenage years:[4]

I cleaned up my act and turned my life around when I was really young.

Even though it’s crazy to be releasing a memoir at 27, having not lived that long, I’m writing about things that happened a full decade ago. It took me a while to feel like I had enough distance to tell the story in the way that I wanted to tell it, but I feel like I reached a point to look back on it, and be removed enough to do it justice.

Books

  • The Gilded Razor (Gallery Books, 2016)

References

Footnotes

  1. 1 2 3 CONNELLY, SHERRYL (January 14, 2016), "Time magazine culture editor Sam Lansky reveals his wild days in new memoir 'The Gilded Razor'". NEW YORK DAILY NEWS. Retrieved April 6, 2017.
  2. ↑ "The Gilded Razor A Memoir" Retrieved on 10 Jan 2018
  3. ↑ "Sam Lansky - Interview Magazine". Interview Magazine. 2016-01-27. Retrieved 2017-12-26.
  4. ↑ ""Chatting With Sam Lansky About His Already-Triumphant 2016"". Retrieved January 10, 2018.

Works cited

  • Lansky, Sam (Jan 12, 2016). The Gilded Razor: A Memoir. Gallery Books. ISBN 9781476776149.


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