David Hajdu | |
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 Hajdu in 2015 | |
| Born | March 1955 (age 69) Phillipsburg, New Jersey, US |
| Occupation | Professor, music critic, writer |
| Period | 1972–present |
| Notable works | Lush Life Positively 4th Street The Ten-Cent Plague Love for Sale |
| Spouse | Karen Oberlin |
| Children | 3 |
| Website | |
| www | |
David Hajdu (/ˈheɪdjuː/; born March 1955)[1] is an American columnist, author and professor at Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism. He was the music critic for The New Republic for 12 years and is music editor at The Nation.
- ^ Gabler, Jay (October 19, 2016). "The Current's Rock and Roll Book Club: David Hajdu's 'Love for Sale'". Minnesota Public Radio. Archived from the original on October 20, 2016. Retrieved September 4, 2019.
'I was born in March 1955,' writes David Hajdu in Love for Sale, 'the same month Blackboard Jungle was released.