joe queenan
NPR’s Scott Simon talks with humor writer Joe Queenan about “Closing Time,” Queenan’s memoir of growing up in a Philadelphia housing project with an abusive father and indifferent mother. [1]
Satirist Joe Queenan is a regular contributor to a diverse roster of publications, including The New York Times and Barron’s, and writes about movies and music for Great Britain’s The Guardian. [2]
One semitropical Fourth of July, Joe Queenan’s English wife suggested that the family might like a chicken vindaloo in lieu of the customary barbecue. [3]
Joe Queenan is a well-paid bastard. [4]
American satirist Joe Queenan, the man who once defined a beatific vision as “a place where as far as the eye can see there are no Steve Gutenberg movies”, has done all these things. [5]
Queenan, 59, has spent decades cultivating a successful career as an author and somewhat cantankerous cultural critic, known for his scathing mockeries of figures as diverse as Madonna and Prince and Hillary Rodham Clinton. [6]
Queenan Country, documents his lifelong fascination with Great Britain. [...] He has written eight books, including Balsamic Dreams, a scathing critique of the Baby Boomers, and Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon, a tour of low-brow American Pop Culture. [7]
Joe Queenan is the bestselling author of True Believers and Balsamic Dreams. [3]
Joe Queenan is the author of seven books and a regular contributor to The New York Times, Barron’s and The Los Angeles Times, a columnist for Chief Executive, and writes about movies and music for Great Britain’s The Guardian. [8]
He has written for numerous publications, such as Spy Magazine, TV Guide, Movieline, The Guardian and the New York Times Book Review. [7]
When I was a kid, paperback books were cheap and they looked really bad. [4]
Queenan: People who read the book in Philadelphia think the book is about Philadelphia, so they just ignore the stuff about my father. [2]
He was often beaten senseless by his tyrannical drunken father, who used to pull the boy from his bed at night and make him sit and listen to him rant about everything from the passing of the era of Kennedy’s “Camelot” to the new dictates of the Catholic Church. [6]
His latest book, Closing Time, is an account of his abusive father and his working-class upbringing in East Falls, Philadelphia, especially in the Schuylkill Falls housing project. [7]
Sources:
[1] Joe Queenan Turns Hard Times Into Humor : NPR
[2] Tavis Smiley . Archives . Joe Queenan . May 11, 2009 | PBS
[3] Macmillan Books: Author: Joe Queenan
[4] Salon.com People | Joe Queenan
[5] Gusworld: Eat It Raw: The Joe Queenan Directory
[6] ‘Closing Time,’ by Joe Queenan
[7] Joe Queenan - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
[8] Author Profile: Joe Queenan