Ken Tucker
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| Born | Kenneth Tucker |
| Nationality | American |
| Education | B.A., English, New York University |
| Occupation(s) | arts critic, magazine editor and nonfiction book author |
| Years active | since 1974[1] |
| Website | www.kentucker.net |
Kenneth Tucker is an American arts, music and television critic, magazine editor, and nonfiction book author.
Early life and education
Tucker was born in Manhattan, New York City, New York, and raised in Stamford, Connecticut. He earned a bachelor's degree in English from New York University.
Career
While attending NYU, he began writing freelance reviews for
In 1990, he joined
Since 1982, Tucker has been a rock and pop music critic for the
Tucker has appeared many times on television, including multiple appearances on
Reception
Tucker's reviews have provoked some notable responses from his subjects. In August 1980, Billy Joel, enraged by a negative review of his music Tucker had written in the L.A. Herald Examiner, tore up the review on stage during one of his concerts.[7]
Tucker's negative reviews of Seth MacFarlane’s animated series Family Guy resulted in a number of MacFarlane counter-criticisms, including a scene in which Stewie Griffin breaks the neck of an Entertainment Weekly writer widely assumed to be Tucker.[8]
Awards
For his critical writings, Tucker was a finalist for the
Writings
Articles and essays
Tucker has written frequently about
He has contributed essays to the following anthologies:
- Miller, Jim, ed. The Rolling Stone Illustrated History of Rock & Roll, 1st Ed., New York: Rolling Stone Press, 1976. ISBN 0394403274
- Country: The Music and the Musicians, New York: Abbeville Press, 1988. ISBN 0896598683
- Cooking and Stealing: The TIN HOUSE Non-Fiction Reader, New York: Bloomsbury USA, 2004. ISBN 1582344868
Books
- ISBN 978-0-312-33059-0
- Tucker, Ken; Stokes, Geoffrey; Ward, Ed. Rock of Ages: The Rolling Stone History of Rock & Roll, New York: Summit, 1986. ISBN 0671544381
- Kissing Bill O'Reilly, Roasting Miss Piggy – 100 Things To Love and Hate About TV, New York City, New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005. ISBN 978-0-312-33057-6
See also
- List of American print journalists
- List of American writers
- List of critics
- List of National Public Radio personnel
- List of non-fiction writers
References
- ^ Tucker, Ken (23 December 1974). "Notes from the Academy". The Village Voice.
- ^ a b Ken Tucker Archived 2011-10-17 at the Wayback Machine at Rock Critic Archives
- ^ Tucker, Ken (17 May 1991). "Our Sons". ew.com. Retrieved 23 August 2018.
- AdWeek. Retrieved 18 December 2013.
- ^ Ken Tucker at NPR
- ^ IMDb
- ^ Erlewine, Stephen Thomas. Billy Joel Biography at Rolling Stone (citing All Music Guide)
- ^ Graham, Mark (4 December 2008). "Seth MacFarlane Named 'Smartest Person on TV,' Ken Tucker Promptly Keels Over". Vulture blog. New York City: New York Media. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ Pulitzer Prize finalists for 1984 at Pulitzer.org
- ^ Powers, Ann (19 April 2011). "Fiction Pulitzer Sneaks Music Writing In Through The Back Door". The Record. NPR.org. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ Warren, James (13 April 1995). "Another Reason To Celebrate: Entertainment Weekly Garners Top Honors At National Magazine Awards". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ASCAP, 2002.
- ^ 37th Annual ASCAP Deems Taylor Award Recipients Archived 2011-08-27 at the Wayback Machine, ASCAP, 2004.
- ^ Tucker, Ken (7 October 2007). "A Formal Feeling". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ Tucker, Ken (20 March 2005). "'Rebels on the Backlot': Fight Club". The New York Times Book Review. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ About Us at The Best American Poetry
- ^ Tucker, Ken (26 May 1985). "Cats, Mice and History - The Avant-Carde of the Comic Strip". The New York Times. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
- ^ Heller, Steven (15 August 2011). "Times' Comics on a Roll". Imprint. Archived from the original on 2011-08-16. Retrieved 20 December 2012.
External links
- Official website Archived 2010-03-02 at the Wayback Machine
- Ken Tucker's TV, Tucker's blog at Entertainment Weekly
- Staff (undated). "Ken Tucker – Editor-at-Large, Entertainment Weekly and EW.com", Entertainment Weekly. Retrieved January 9, 2012.
- Ken Tucker at IMDb
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