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Joe Queenan (born November 3, 1950) is a humorist, critic and author from Philadelphia who graduated from Saint Joseph's University. He has written for numerous publications, such as Spy Magazine, TV Guide, Movieline, The Guardian and the New York Times Book Review. He has written eight books, including Balsamic Dreams, a scathing critique of the Baby Boomers, Red Lobster, White Trash, and the Blue Lagoon, a tour of low-brow American pop culture and Imperial Caddy, a fairly scathing view of Dan Quayle and the American Vice-Presidency.
Queenan's work is noted for his caustic wit.
Biography
Queenan Country, documents his lifelong fascination with Great Britain. In it, he describes the special relationship Americans have with the British.
His latest book, Closing Time, is an account of his abusive father and his working-class upbringing in East Falls, Philadelphia, especially in the Schuylkill Falls housing project.
Queenan is married, with two children, and lives in Tarrytown, New York.
External links
- Joe Queenan Article archive, at The Guardian
- Africa on the Silver Screen, Here on Earth - Radio Without Borders radio show, interviewed by Jean Feraca, April 5, 2007
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