Kurt Andersen ~ journalism

Time articles

New York articles

Vanity Fair articles

pieces elsewhere

I WENT TO WORK for Time in 1981 and wrote about politics, criminal justice, and culture, including 15 cover stories. In 1985 I became the magazine’s architecture and design critic – and although I left the magazine in 1986 to co-found Spy, I stayed in the architecture-and-design slot as a contributor through 1992. And in 1993 I returned to Time for one year to write a column called “Spectator.”

Not counting my third-grade Thanksgiving essay on the importance of God and oxygen and freedom that the Omaha World-Herald printed, my first published, paid article was for the New York Times' s Travel section, about a cross-country hitchhiking trip, at age 17. Since then I’ve written more for the Times -- a few Op-Eds, a few book reviews and some pieces for the Magazine.

During the late 1990s I was a staff writer for The New Yorker , where I contributed a regular column called “The Culture Industry” as well as longer pieces.

On my radio show, Studio 360, I used to deliver three- or four-minute commentaries, which are better heard than read.

And I now write a monthly column for New York called "The Imperial City," and contribute to Vanity Fair.

In addition, I’ve written for Architectural Record, The Atlantic Monthly, Metropolis, Rolling Stone, and Slate, among other publications.