Jay Nordlinger
Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox person Jay Nordlinger (born November 21, 1963) is an American journalist. He is a former senior editor of National Review, and a book fellow of the National Review Institute.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He is also a music critic for The New Criterion and The Conservative.<ref name="Welcoming">Template:Cite journal</ref><ref name="c-span.org">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
In the 1990s, Nordlinger worked for The Weekly Standard magazine. In the 2000s, he was music critic for the New York Sun.
Early lifeEdit
Nordlinger grew up in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which he refers to as a "Citadel of the Left", and opines about in his political columns. His father worked in the education sector and his mother was an artist. He graduated from the University of Michigan.<ref name="c-span.org"/>
CareerEdit
Since 2002, he has hosted a series of public interviews at the Salzburg Festival. With Mona Charen, he hosted the Need to Know podcast, and he also hosts a podcast called "Q&A." In 2011, he filmed The Human Parade, with Jay Nordlinger, a TV series bringing hour-long interviews with various personalities.Template:Citation needed
In 2007, National Review Books published Here, There & Everywhere: Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger, comprising some 100 pieces on various subjects.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 2012, Encounter Books published Peace, They Say: A History of the Nobel Peace Prize, the Most Famous and Controversial Prize in the World.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 2015, Encounter Books published Children of Monsters: An Inquiry into the Sons and Daughters of Dictators.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In 2016, National Review Books published a second anthology of Nordlinger's essays and articles, titled Digging In: Further Collected Writings of Jay Nordlinger. He left National Review in May 2025.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
AwardsEdit
In 2001, Nordlinger received the Eric Breindel Award for Excellence in Opinion Journalism,<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> a now defunct annual award at one time given by News Corporation, in honor of the late editorial-page editor of NYPost. It was meant awarded to a journalist whose writing demonstrated "love of country and its democratic institutions" and "bears witness to the evils of totalitarianism."
Personal lifeEdit
Nordlinger is a fan of the Detroit Pistons, and lives in New York City.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>
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External linksEdit
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- Nordlinger's profile at National Review Online
- Archive of Nordlinger's writings Template:Webarchive at the New York Sun.
- Archive of Nordlinger's writings at The New Criterion.
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