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(1939-2008) Writer, critic. John Leonard was born in Washington, D.C., and spent part of his childhood in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York. He died in Manhattan, New York.

Full Name

John Leonard

Locations

Queens

Author's Timeline


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RESIDENCE

John Leonard spent a part of his childhood in Jackson Heights, Queens, New York.

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RESIDENCE

John Leonard lived in Manhattan, New York, at the time of his death.

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OTHER

John Leonard taught creative writing and criticism at Columbia University in Manhattan, New York.

1939

BIRTH

John Dillon Leonard was born in Washington, D.C., in 1939.

1964

LITWORK

The Naked Martini


Novel.

1966

LITWORK

Wyke Regis


Novel.

1968

LITWORK

Crybaby of the Western World

ISBN-10: 0356024571; ISBN-13: 9780356024578.

1973

LITWORK

This Pen for Hire


Literary criticism.

1979

LITWORK

Private Lives In The Imperial City
Knopf.

A collection of his columns from The Times.

1994

LITWORK

The Last Innocent White Man in America


Literary criticism.

1997

LITWORK

Smoke And Mirrors: Violence, Television and Other American Cultures
New Press.
ISBN-10: 1565844432; ISBN-13: 9781565844438.
Criticism.

1999

LITWORK

When The Kissing Had To Stop
New Press.

Collection of essays.

1999

LITWORK

Hip-Hop

2002

LITWORK

Lonesome Rangers: Homeless Minds, Promised Lands, Fugitive Cultures

ISBN-10: 156584694X; ISBN-13: 9781565846944.
Literary criticism.

2008

DEATH

John Leonard died in Manhattan, New York, in 2008.

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