Tom Lutz

Tom Lutz (born March 21, 1953)[1][2] is an American writer and literary critic, and founder and editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books.[3]

Early life

Lutz grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. He graduated from Greenwich (CT) High School. He received his B.A. in English and journalism from University of Massachusetts, and a master's degree and Ph.D in English from Stanford University.[2]

Career

Lutz taught creative writing at the California Institute of the Arts, University of Iowa,[4] Stanford University, and the University of Copenhagen.[2] He is currently Professor in the Department of Creative Writing at University of California, Riverside.[5][6]

His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, Chicago Tribune, Die Zeit, ZYZZYVA, Exquisite Corpse, Salon.com, and Black Clock.[7]

His books include Drinking Mare's Milk on the Roof of the World: Wandering the Globe from Azerbaijan to Zanzibar (2016), And the Monkey Learned Nothing: Dispatches from a Life of Travel (2016), Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America (2007, American Book Award), Cosmopolitan Vistas: American Regionalism and Literary Value (2004; Choice Outstanding Academic Title), Crying: The Natural & Cultural History of Tears (1999; New York Times Notable Book), and American Nervousness, 1903: An Anecdotal History (1991, New York Times Notable Book), and have been translated into 12 languages.[7]

He is the founding editor and publisher of Los Angeles Review of Books.[8]

He lives in Los Angeles.[9]

Awards

Works

  • "Think you know how to read, do you?". Salon. March 8, 2007.
  • "The Summer Next Time". The New York Times,. September 4, 2006.
  • "Coda: Nostalgia", Iowa Journal of Cultural Studies, 2009
  • Crying: A Natural and Cultural History of Tears. W.W. Norton. January 2001. ISBN 978-0-393-32103-6.
  • American Nervousness, 1903: An Anecdotal History. Cornell University Press. 1991. ISBN 978-0-8014-2581-3.
  • Cosmopolitan Vistas. Cornell University Press. 2004. ISBN 978-0-8014-8923-5.
  • Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America. Farrar, Straus and Giroux. May 2007. ISBN 978-0-86547-737-7.
  • Drinking Mare's Milk on the Roof of the World: Wandering the Globe from Azerbaijan to Zanzibar. OR Books. May 2016. ISBN 978-1-682190-56-2.
  • And the Monkey learned Nothing: Dispatches from a Life in Transit. University of Iowa Press. October 2016. ISBN 978-1-60938-449-4.

Reviews

  • Neal Schindler (June 28, 2006). "Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers and Bums in America". Seattle Weekly.
  • Edward Rothstein (June 12, 2006). "In Tom Lutz's 'Doing Nothing,' Workaholics Are Closet Slackers (and Vice Versa)". The New York Times.
  • Larry Sears (May 23, 2006). "Why does the couch potato make us so angry?". Christian Science Monitor.

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-07-21. Retrieved 2015-07-18.
  2. 1 2 3 Martin, Cameron (October 26, 2011). "SO WHAT DO YOU DO, TOM LUTZ, EDITOR OF LOS ANGELES REVIEW OF BOOKS?". Mediabistro. Retrieved October 18, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Tom Lutz's Blog - The Los Angeles Review of Books - July 01, 2010 16:50". Goodreads.com. 2010-07-01. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  4. ↑ "Tom Lutz | W. W. Norton & Company". Books.wwnorton.com. 2016-02-24. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  5. ↑ "UCR Newsroom: Acclaimed Author Joins UCR". Newsroom.ucr.edu. 2006-09-20. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  6. ↑ "CHASS: Tom Lutz is a Recipient of the 2008 American Book Awards". Chass.ucr.edu. 2009-01-22. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  7. 1 2 "UCR: Department of Creative Writing". Creativewriting.ucr.edu. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  8. ↑ "About - Los Angeles Review of Books". Lareviewofbooks.org. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  9. ↑ "Tom Lutz | Authors | Macmillan". Us.macmillan.com. Retrieved 2017-04-25.
  • Faculty page at Univ of Calif-Riverside
  • "Tom Lutz", Powell's Q&A
  • "The Carefree Lives Of Slackers". CBS Sunday Morning. Aug 13, 2006.
  • "Author Tom Lutz Appears On UI Radios Stations Sept. 8 And 12", University of Iowa News Release, Aug. 29, 2006
  • An interview with Tom Lutz on Notebook on Cities and Culture
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