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Occupation
  
Author

Name
  
John Leland


Role
  
Author

Books
  
Hip: The History



Born
  
1959
New York

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John Leland (born 1959) is an author and has been a New York Times journalist since 2000. Leland began covering retirement and religion in January, 2004. During a stint in 1994, he was editor in chief of Details magazine. Leland was also a senior editor at Newsweek, an editor and columnist at Spin magazine, and a reviewer for Trouser Press.

Contents

Leland wrote Hip: The History and Why Kerouac Matters: The Lessons of On the Road (They're Not What You Think).

Education

He earned a Bachelor of Arts in English from Columbia College in 1981.

Personal

According to LeLand's Harper Collins biographical information, he lives in Manhattan's East Village with his wife, Risa, and son, Jordan.

Awards

Leland has won two awards from the National Association of Black Journalists.

References

John Leland (journalist) Wikipedia


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