JAMES WOLCOTT
'James Wolcott' (born 1952 in Baltimore, Maryland) is an American journalist, known for his critique of contemporary media. Wolcott is the cultural critic for ''Vanity Fair'' and contributes to ''The New Yorker''. He also writes a blog.
Born in the suburbs of Baltimore, Wolcott attended Maryland's Frostburg State College for two years. From there, he moved to New York City to work at ''The Village Voice''.
Since then, Wolcott has been a columnist on media and pop culture for publications such as ''Esquire'', ''Harper's'', the ''New York Review of Books'', and ''New York Magazine''. He was lured to ''Vanity Fair'' by the late Leo Lerman, then editor.
Wolcott wrote a novel, ''The Catsitters'', published in 2001. In 2004, he published ''Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants'', a bitter critique of right-wing media in the US. In addition, he recently contributed the foreword to Geoffrey Beene's forthcoming book, ''Identity''.
He is married to Laura Jacobs, a contributing editor of ''Vanity Fair''.
★ James Wolcott's blog
★ "The King James Version", ''New York Magazine'', June 11, 2001
Born in the suburbs of Baltimore, Wolcott attended Maryland's Frostburg State College for two years. From there, he moved to New York City to work at ''The Village Voice''.
Since then, Wolcott has been a columnist on media and pop culture for publications such as ''Esquire'', ''Harper's'', the ''New York Review of Books'', and ''New York Magazine''. He was lured to ''Vanity Fair'' by the late Leo Lerman, then editor.
Wolcott wrote a novel, ''The Catsitters'', published in 2001. In 2004, he published ''Attack Poodles and Other Media Mutants'', a bitter critique of right-wing media in the US. In addition, he recently contributed the foreword to Geoffrey Beene's forthcoming book, ''Identity''.
He is married to Laura Jacobs, a contributing editor of ''Vanity Fair''.
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★ James Wolcott's blog
★ "The King James Version", ''New York Magazine'', June 11, 2001
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