Alex Halberstadt
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Alex Halberstadt is an American writer, noted in particular for his biography of Doc Pomus
.
He came to the United States as a child in 1980.
He graduated from Oberlin College
in 1992, and for some time worked at NYANA, a refugee resettlement agency in New York City (his co-workers there included Todd Solondz
, Gary Shteyngart
, Alexander Gelman
and Roman Turovsky).
Alex Halberstadt’s writings have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, GQ, Los Angeles Times
, Salon
, the Oxford American
, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
Doc Pomus
Jerome Solon Felder, better known as Doc Pomus , was a twentieth-century American blues singer and songwriter. He is best known as the lyricist of many rock and roll hits. Pomus was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in the category of non-performer in 1992. He was also inducted into...
.
He came to the United States as a child in 1980.
He graduated from Oberlin College
Oberlin College
Oberlin College is a private liberal arts college in Oberlin, Ohio, noteworthy for having been the first American institution of higher learning to regularly admit female and black students. Connected to the college is the Oberlin Conservatory of Music, the oldest continuously operating...
in 1992, and for some time worked at NYANA, a refugee resettlement agency in New York City (his co-workers there included Todd Solondz
Todd Solondz
Todd Solondz is an American independent film screenwriter and director known for his style of dark, thought-provoking, socially conscious satire. Solondz has been critically acclaimed for his examination of the "dark underbelly of middle class American suburbia", a reflection of his own background...
, Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart
Gary Shteyngart is an American writer born in Leningrad, USSR. Much of his work is satirical and relies on the invention of elaborately fictitious yet somehow familiar places and times.-Life:...
, Alexander Gelman
Alexander Gelman
For the writer Alexander Gelman, see Alexander Isaakovich Gelman. Alexander Gelman , born: Aleksandr Simonovich Gelman is an American theater director and the current Producing Artistic Director of Organic Theater Company in Chicago, Illinois.-Early life:Alexander Gelman was born in Leningrad,...
and Roman Turovsky).
Alex Halberstadt’s writings have appeared in the New York Times, Washington Post, GQ, Los Angeles Times
Los Angeles Times
The Los Angeles Times is a daily newspaper published in Los Angeles, California, since 1881. It was the second-largest metropolitan newspaper in circulation in the United States in 2008 and the fourth most widely distributed newspaper in the country....
, Salon
Salon.com
Salon.com, part of Salon Media Group , often just called Salon, is an online liberal magazine, with content updated each weekday. Salon was founded by David Talbot and launched on November 20, 1995. It was the internet's first online-only commercial publication. The magazine focuses on U.S...
, the Oxford American
Oxford American
The Oxford American is an American quarterly literary magazine "dedicated to featuring the very best in Southern writing while documenting the complexity and vitality of the American South."-First publication:...
, and elsewhere. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.