Scott Timberg is the editor of The Misread City: New Literary Los Angeles and author of Culture Crash: The Killing of the Creative Class, an examination of the damages to our cultural landscape wrought by recent technological and economic shifts and an argument for a more equitable and navigable future.
CONTRIBUTOR ARTICLES
The Incitements of Pop Culture: A Conversation with Peter Biskind
A top media historian explains our culture’s fascination with zombies, caped crusaders, and other vigilantes....
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Aimee Mann
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
The Bad Idea That Keeps on Giving
Why does such a thinker as Ayn Rand persist in being taken seriously by otherwise smart people?...
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Stuart Murdoch
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
The Age of Acceleration: An Interview with Martin Amis
Martin Amis on poetry versus the novel and the vicissitudes of a literary career....
Observing Terror: A Conversation with Philip Ó Ceallaigh, Translator of “For Two Thousand Years”
Scott Timberg interviews Philip Ó Ceallaigh, who translated “For Two Thousand Years,” a loosely autobiographical work by Romanian Jew Mihail Sebastian....
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Ira Kaplan
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Courtney Barnett
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
The Emotional Harpoons
Scott Timberg interviews Robert Crais, prolific author of “The Wanted.”...
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Patterson Hood
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Joe Henry
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
Framing 1966: Jon Savage on the Year the 1960s Exploded
Scott Timberg takes a spin through “1966: The Year the Decade Exploded” by Jon Savage....
The Pure Products of America Go Crazy: A Conversation with Kurt Andersen About “Fantasyland”
Scott Timberg interviews Kurt Andersen about his latest, “Fantasyland: How America Went Haywire: A 500-year History.”...
The Sense of Life in What Humans Create: Stephen Greenblatt on Adam and Eve
Scott Timberg interviews Stephen Greenblatt about his latest, “The Rise and Fall of Adam and Eve.”...
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Anthony DeCurtis on Lou Reed
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
How Skiffle Changed the World: A Conversation with Billy Bragg
Scott Timberg interviews singer-songwriter Billy Bragg about his new book, “Roots, Radicals and Rockers: How Skiffle Changed the World.”...
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Patti Smith
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Richard Thompson
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
Dreaming the Beatles: An Interview with Rob Sheffield
Scott Timberg interviews Rob Sheffield about his new book, “Dreaming the Beatles: The Love Story of One Band and the Whole World.”...
Real Culture: Jonathan Lethem on “Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop From Elvis to Jay Z”
Scott Timberg and Jonathan Lethem talk about his anthology of music criticism, “Shake It Up: Great American Writing on Rock and Pop From Elvis to Jay Z.”...
Portrait of the Artist on the Make: A Conversation with Lee Siegel
Scott Timberg interviews Lee Siegel about his memoir, “The Draw.”...
Holding Up the Torch: Walter Hopps and the World of Art
Scott Timberg interviews “The New Yorker” editor Deborah Treisman about “The Dream Colony,” an oral autobiography by legendary curator Walter Hopps....
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Lloyd Cole
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
The Most Intimate Symbol: Jan Swafford on Classical Music
Scott Timberg interviews composer and writer Jan Swafford about his new introduction to classical music, “Language of the Spirit.”...
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Rhiannon Giddens
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
All the Poets (Musicians on Writing): Stephin Merritt of The Magnetic Fields
In this monthly series, Scott Timberg interviews musicians on the literary work that has inspired and informed their music....
