Nick Tosches

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Nick Tosches
Born Nick Tosches
1949
Newark, New Jersey, United States
Occupation biographer, essayist, journalist, novelist, poet
Nationality American

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Nick Tosches (/ˈtɑːʃəs/;[1] born 1949) is an American journalist, novelist, biographer, and poet of Albanian descent.

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Life [edit]

After different odd-jobs, Tosches started writing with poetry and rock-'n'-roll magazines, including Creem, Fusion, and Rolling Stone.

Tosches' second book, a biography of Jerry Lee Lewis named Hellfire was published in 1982. Subsequent biographies have covered the lives of Dean Martin, Michele Sindona, Sonny Liston, Emmett Miller, and Arnold Rothstein.

Nick Tosches also worked on "Never Trust A Loving God", a book in collaboration with the French painter and friend of the writer, Thierry Alonso Gravleur.

Tosches has also published a collection of poetry, and three novels. He has been published in Vanity Fair, Esquire and Open City. The Nick Tosches Reader collects writings from over the course of his career.

Tosches was featured on the popular Travel Channel show Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations in the episode "Disappearing Manhattan". He and Bourdain shared a drink at Sophie's in the East Village, a Manhattan dive bar, and they discussed the changing nature of the city.

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  1. ^ The documentary film Hubert Selby Jr: It/ll Be Better Tomorrow in which Tosches appears as an interview subject.

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