![]() ![]() From an early age, he had a fondness for classical music he did not discover the music of Bob Dylan, for example, until he was in his twenties. SIDELIGHTS:Īlex Ross, music critic for the New Yorker, wrote Jan Swafford in a review for Wilson Quarterly, is "one of our most talented practitioners of the art of the feuilleton, the popular journal piece." Born and raised in Washington, DC, Ross bought his first album, a recording of Anton Bruckner's 9th Symphony, at age ten. The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century, Farrar, Straus, and Giroux (New York, NY), 2007.Ĭontributor to periodicals, including the New Republic, Lingua Franca, Slate, London Review of Books, Fanfare, and Feed.Īuthor of Web blog, The Rest Is Noise. Two-time recipient, ASCAP- Deems Taylor Award for music criticism Holtzbrinck fellowship, American Academy of Berlin Banff Centre fellowship National Book Critics Circle Award for criticism, 2007, Best Books of 2007 list, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, New York magazine, Time, Newsweek, and Economist, and Pulitzer Prize finalist for general nonfiction, 2008, all for The Rest Is Noise: Listening to the Twentieth Century. New York Times, music critic, 1992-96 New Yorker, music critic, 1996. Agent-Tina Bennett, Janklow & Nesbit Associates, 445 Park Ave., New York, NY 10022. Office-New Yorker, 4 Times Sq., New York, NY, 10036. Born 1968, in Washington, DC married partner Jonathan Lisecki (an actor and film director), 2005. ![]()
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