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Kenneth Turan

Lecturer

Contact Information
E-mail: kturan@usc.edu
Phone: (213) 740-3250
Office: WPH 404

 

Education
B.A. History, Swarthmore College, 1967
M.S. , Columbia University, 1968
 

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History
Director, Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, Los Angeles Times, 01/01/1993-  
Book review editor, film Critic, Los Angeles Times, 01/01/1991-  
Film critic, E! Entertainment, 01/01/1997-01/01/1998  
Film Critic, Monitor Radio, 01/01/1993-01/01/1997  
Film critic and contributing editor, Gentlemen's Quarterly (G.Q.), 01/01/1985-01/01/1990  
Staff writer, T.V. Guide, 01/01/1984-01/01/1986  
Film critic, "Entertainment Coast-to-Coast," CBS Radio-Radio Network, 01/01/1984-01/01/1986  
Film critic, National Public Radio's "All Things Considered", 01/01/1982-01/01/1986  
Book review editor & film critic, New West/California Magazine, 01/01/1978-01/01/1980  
Film critic, The Progressive, 01/01/1972-01/01/1980  
Sports writer, staff writer, & General cultural critic and feature writer in Style section, Washington Post, 01/01/1969-01/01/1978  
Media columnist, Inside Sports,  
The Word columnist, Buzz Magazine,  
 

Publications

Book
Turan, K. (2006). Now In Theaters Everywhere. PublicAffairs.
Turan, K. (2004). Never Coming To A Theater Near You. PublicAffairs.
Turan, K. (2002). Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made. University of California Press.
Turan, K. (1987). Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke . CALL ME ANNA: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PATTY DUKE/Bantam.
Turan, K. (1974). I'd Rather Be Wright: Memoirs of an itinerant Tackle . I'D RATHER BE WRIGHT: MEMOIRS OF AN ITINERANT TACKLE/Prentice-Hall.
Turan, K. (1974). Sinema: American Pornographic Films and the People Who Make Them. Praeger.
Turan, K. (1972). The Future is Now. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin.
 

Service to the Profession

Professional Memberships
Board of directors, National Yiddish Book Center, 2007-  
 
 
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