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Joe Queenan (born November 3, 1950) is an American satirist and critic. He is the author of nine books, including ''Red Lobster, White Trash and the Blue Lagoon'' and ''If You’re Talking to Me, Your Career Must Be in Trouble''. His memoir ''Closing Time'' was a 2009 ''New York Times'' Notable Book. 


Life and writings

A native of
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Philadelphia, often called Philly, is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, the sixth-largest city in the U.S., the second-largest city in both the Northeast megalopolis and Mid-Atlantic regions after New York City. Sinc ...
, Queenan has written for such publications as ''
Spy Magazine ''Spy'' was a satirical monthly magazine published from 1986 to 1998. Based in New York City, the magazine was founded by Kurt Andersen and E. Graydon Carter, who served as its first editors, and Thomas L. Phillips Jr., its first publisher. ''S ...
'', ''
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'', ''
Movieline ''Movieline'' was a website, formerly a Los Angeles-based film and entertainment magazine, launched in 1985 as a local magazine, which went national in 1989. Known for its cult status and popularity among film critics,Saba, Michael''Movieline'' m ...
'', ''
The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'', and ''
The New York Times Book Review ''The New York Times Book Review'' (''NYTBR'') is a weekly paper-magazine supplement to the Sunday edition of ''The New York Times'' in which current non-fiction and fiction books are reviewed. It is one of the most influential and widely rea ...
''. He writes the Moving Targets column for the ''
Wall Street Journal ''The Wall Street Journal'' is an American business-focused, international daily newspaper based in New York City, with international editions also available in Chinese and Japanese. The ''Journal'', along with its Asian editions, is published ...
'' and regularly writes about movies for ''The Guardian.'' Formerly an editor at ''Forbes,'' a staff writer at ''Barron’s,'' a television critic at ''People'', and a columnist at ''TV Guide'', ''GQ, Spy, Smart Money,'' ''Men’s Health'', ''Barron’s Online'' and ''Movieline,'' his stories have appeared in the ''New York Times'', ''Rolling Stone, Esquire,'' the ''New Republic, Time, Newsweek,'' the ''Washington Post'', the ''Los Angeles Times'', the ''Toronto Globe'' & ''Mail'', ''Playboy, Rotarian, Golf Digest, Us, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Town & Country, Allure,'' the ''New York Daily News'' and ''New York.'' His work has appeared overseas in the ''Independent,'' the ''Spectator,'' the ''Times'' of London, and ''Bon''. Queenan has been a guest on ''The Late Show with David Letterman,'' ''Real Time with Bill Maher, The Daily Show, Today, Good Morning'', ''America, Charlie Rose'' and ''Late Night with Conan O'Brien'', and appeared more than a dozen times on ''
Politically Incorrect ''Political correctness'' (adjectivally: ''politically correct''; commonly abbreviated ''PC'') is a term used to describe language, policies, or measures that are intended to avoid offense or disadvantage to members of particular groups in socie ...
''. He regularly writes and hosts radio features for the BBC, and for three years was host of the BBC's ''Postcard from Gotham''. In 2005, he won a Sports Emmy for his work on HBO's ''Inside the NFL''. He wrote and appeared in three short films for Channel 4 in Britain: ''Mickey Rourke for a Day, My Fair Hugh'' and ''So You Wanna Be a Gangster''. He has also made a low-budget film about people with maddening addictions, entitled ''12 Steps to Death.'' The experience was recounted in his book ''The Unkindest Cut''. His short fiction has appeared in numerous literary magazines, including the
North American Review The ''North American Review'' (NAR) was the first literary magazine in the United States. It was founded in Boston in 1815 by journalist Nathan Hale and others. It was published continuously until 1940, after which it was inactive until revived a ...
. His snap Internet novella ''Serb Heat'' was published online by Mr. Showbiz in 1997.  In 2019, Queenan co-authored with T.J. Elliott his first stage play, the problem comedy ''Alms'', an Equity Showcase production directed by John Clay at TheaterLab in New York City. In 2020, Elliott & Queenan debute
their play Grudges
on Zoom directed by Dora Endre. Their third collaboration,
Genealogy
', was part of the 2021 season at
Broom Street Theater Broom Street Theater (also known as Broom Street or BST) is an experimental black box theater located in the heart of Madison's isthmus. As one of the oldest and most prolific experimental theater companies in the United States, it has produced ov ...
in Madison Wisconsin. Their fourth collaboration opens at
Theater for the New City Theater for the New City, founded in 1971 and known familiarly as "TNC", is one of New York City's leading off-off-Broadway theaters, known for radical political plays and community commitment. Productions at TNC have won 43 Obie Awards and the P ...
in May 2022. A native of Philadelphia, a graduate of St. Joseph's College, he is married, with two children, Bridget, a neuroscientist, and Gordon, a lawyer. He lives in Tarrytown, N.Y.


Bibliography

* ''Balsamic Dreams: A Short But Self-Important History of the Baby Boomer Generation'', a critique of the
Baby Boomers Baby boomers, often shortened to boomers, are the Western demographic cohort following the Silent Generation and preceding Generation X. The generation is often defined as people born from 1946 to 1964, during the mid-20th century baby boom. Th ...
generation * ''Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon: Joe Queenan's America'', a tour of low-brow American
pop culture Pop or POP may refer to: Arts, entertainment, and media Music * Pop music, a musical genre Artists * POP, a Japanese idol group now known as Gang Parade * Pop!, a UK pop group * Pop! featuring Angie Hart, an Australian band Albums * Pop (Gas al ...
* ''Imperial Caddy: The Rise of Dan Quayle in America and the Decline and Fall of Practically Everything Else'', a scathing view of
Dan Quayle James Danforth Quayle (; born February 4, 1947) is an American politician who served as the 44th vice president of the United States from 1989 to 1993 under President George H. W. Bush. A member of the Republican Party (United States), Republic ...
* ''Closing Time'', a memoir of Queenan's own abusive, alcoholic father and his bleak working-class upbringing in
East Falls East Falls (also The Falls, formerly the Falls of Schuylkill) is a neighborhood in the Northwest section of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in the United States. It lies on the east bank of the "Falls of the Schuylkill," cataracts submerged in 1 ...
. ''Closing Time'' was included in ''
The New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid ...
list 100 Notable Books of 2009. * ''If You're Talking to me Your Career Must be in Trouble: Movies, Mayhem, and Malice'' * ''The Unkindest Cut: How a Hatchet-Man Critic Made His Own $7,000 Movie and Put It All on His Credit Card'' * ''My Goodness: A Cynic's Short-Lived Search for Sainthood'' * ''Malcontents: The Best Bitter, Cynical, and Satirical Writing in the World'' * ''Queenan Country: A Reluctant Anglophile's Pilgrimage to the Mother Country'' * ''True Believers: The Tragic Inner Life of Sports Fans'' * ''Confessions of a Cineplex Heckler: Celluloid Tirades and Escapades'' * ''One for the Books'' (2012)


References


External links


Joe Queenan Article archive
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The Guardian ''The Guardian'' is a British daily newspaper. It was founded in 1821 as ''The Manchester Guardian'', and changed its name in 1959. Along with its sister papers ''The Observer'' and ''The Guardian Weekly'', ''The Guardian'' is part of the Gu ...
'' website; accessed September 5, 2014.
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Here on Earth - Radio Without Borders radio show, interviewed by
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