Amanda Petrusich (born c. 1980) is an American music journalist. She is a staff writer at The New Yorker and the author of three books: Pink Moon (2007), It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music (2008), and Do Not Sell at Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records (2014).
Amanda Petrusich | |
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 Petrusich in 2022 | |
| Alma mater | College of William & Mary (BA) Columbia University |
| Occupation | Music journalist |
| Notable work | Pink Moon (2007); It Still Moves (2009); Do Not Sell at Any Price (2014) |
| Spouse |
Bret Stetka (m. 2005–2022) |
| Awards | Guggenheim Fellowship (2016) |
Early life
editPetrusich was born circa 1980[1] and grew up in the New York area,[2] the child of two public school teachers.[3] Her paternal grandparents are Croatian immigrants.[4] She attended the College of William & Mary, where she was co-editor-in-chief of the William and Mary Review and a reviewer for The Flat Hat, the college's campus newspaper.[5] She graduated with a B.A. in English and film studies in 2000,[6] then earned a master's in nonfiction writing from Columbia University in 2003.[6][1]
Career
editPetrusich has written for The New York Times, Pitchfork Media and Paste.[7] Petrusich has been a staff writer at Pitchfork since 2003,[8] and is a staff writer at The New Yorker.[9] She is the author of Pink Moon, a book on Nick Drake's album of the same name for the 33 1/3 music series,[7] and a 2008 book called It Still Moves: Lost Songs, Lost Highways, and the Search for the Next American Music, which Joe Boyd described in The Guardian as "a terrific piece of travel writing...a tour through the roots of American rural music".[10] Petrusich also wrote a book on record collecting called Do Not Sell At Any Price: The Wild, Obsessive Hunt for the World's Rarest 78rpm Records.[11]
Petrusich serves as clinical assistant professor at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study at NYU.[11] She began teaching at NYU in 2010 and joined the full-time faculty in 2015.[3]
Naming her to its 2016 list of "100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture," Brooklyn Magazine described Petrusich as "a towering force of grace and encouragement in New York music and criticism circles. Between mentoring emerging voices and writing with discernment about music’s most important figures, Petrusich is helping shape Brooklyn culture from the ground up."[12]
Petrusich won a Guggenheim Fellowship in 2016.[11]
In 2019, she was nominated for a Grammy Award for the album notes she wrote for Bob Dylan’s Trouble No More box set.[2]
Personal life
editPetrusich was married to physician and writer Bret Stetka from 2005 until his death in 2022.[1][13] They have a daughter, born in 2021.[13]
Bibliography
editBooks
edit- Petrusich, Amanda (2007). Pink Moon. 33⅓. New York: Continuum.[a]
- — (2008). It still moves : lost songs, lost highways, and the search for the next American music. New York: Faber.
- — (2014). Do not sell at any price : the wild, obsessive hunt for the world's rarest 78rpm records.
Essays and reporting
edit- Petrusich, Amanda (January 30, 2017). "In retrospect : John Cale's reissued albums feature wild new inventions". The Critics. Pop Music. The New Yorker. 92 (47): 64–67.[b]
- — (March 13, 2017). "All in : Maggie Rogers's collection of influences". The Critics. Pop Music. The New Yorker. 93 (4): 110–111.[c]
- — (August 21, 2017). "Think pieces : the meticulous rock of Adam Granduciel and The War on Drugs". The Critics. Pop Music. The New Yorker. 93 (24): 78–79.[d]
- — (October 30, 2017). "Plenty more : Viceland's visceral gastronomy". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 93 (34): 76–77.[e]
- — (December 4, 2017). "Mining gold : how shows about our hidden heirlooms tell us our worth". The Critics. On Television. The New Yorker. 93 (39): 78–79.[f]
- — (May 27, 2019). "Hardcore history : Rammstein's heavy and cathartic camp". The Critics. Pop Music. The New Yorker. 95 (14): 63–65.[g]
- — (November 18, 2019). "Slippery". The Talk of the Town. Listening Dept. The New Yorker. 95 (36): 23.[h]
- — (April 25 – May 2, 2022). "Revival : the rousing sounds of Arcade Fire". The Critics. Pop Music. The New Yorker. 98 (10): 74–75.[i]
Culture Desk columns on newyorker.com
edit- Petrusich, Amanda (September 1, 2015). "Miley Cyrus's quest for realness". The New Yorker.
Postscript columns on newyorker.com
edit- Petrusich, Amanda (January 13, 2020). "The misfit awesomeness of Neil Peart and Rush". The New Yorker.
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- Notes
- ^ Profiles Nick Drake's 1972 album Pink Moon.
- ^ Online version is titled "John Cale's inventive retrospection".
- ^ Online version is titled "Maggie Rogers, an artist of her time".
- ^ Online version is titled "Is The War on Drugs rock's next torchbearer?"
- ^ Online version is titled "Action Bronson's expansive appetites".
- ^ Online version is titled "What 'Antiques Roadshow' taught us".
- ^ Online version is titled "Rammstein's heavy and cathartic camp".
- ^ Online version is titled "Dax Shepard, anthropology major".
- ^ Online version is titled "Arcade Fire goes back to an old sound for its new record".
Notes
edit- ^ a b c "Amanda Petrusich and Breton Stetka". The New York Times. September 25, 2005. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
- ^ a b Haas, Sarah (February 20, 2019). "Totally and Brutally Honest: Talking with Amanda Petrusich". The Rumpus.net. Archived from the original on August 17, 2021. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ^ a b White, Caitlin (March 10, 2016). "Brooklyn 100: Amanda Petrusich, Writer, Critic and Professor". Brooklyn Magazine. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ Petrusich, Amanda (October 1, 2017). "In the Land of Vendettas That Go On Forever". VQR Online. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 15, 2021.
- ^ "Alumni authors return to campus". Flat Hat News. February 27, 2009. Archived from the original on September 25, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ a b "Home / People / Faculty / Amanda Petrusich". New York University. Archived from the original on May 1, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ a b Ganz, Jacob (December 16, 2010). "Get To Know A Critic: Amanda Petrusich". NPR Music. NPR. Archived from the original on March 17, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ "Amanda Petrusich: contributor". Pitchfork Media. Archived from the original on September 21, 2013. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ "Contributor: Amanda Petrusich". The New Yorker. Archived from the original on March 27, 2019. Retrieved March 27, 2019.
- ^ Joe Boyd (January 24, 2009). "American beauty – A trip through the back catalogue of rural music intrigues Joe Boyd". The Guardian. Archived from the original on April 14, 2014. Retrieved September 27, 2013.
- ^ a b c "Six NYU Faculty Awarded 2016 Guggenheim Fellowships". New York University. April 6, 2016. Archived from the original on October 17, 2017. Retrieved July 5, 2017.
- ^ "The 100 Most Influential People in Brooklyn Culture". Brooklyn Magazine. March 1, 2016. Archived from the original on July 9, 2017. Retrieved July 6, 2017.
- ^ a b "Bret Stetka, Longtime Medscape Editor, Dies at 43". Medscape. Archived from the original on August 21, 2022. Retrieved August 21, 2022.
External links
edit- Writer profile from Macmillan website
- Articles by Amanda Petrusich in The Village Voice