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This article is about the journalist. For the historian, see Theodore Friend.

Theodore Porter "Tad" Friend (born September 25, 1962) is a staff writer for The New Yorker who writes the magazine's "Letter from California".

Biography

Born in Buffalo, New York, Friend was raised there and in Swarthmore, Pennsylvania (where his father, Theodore Friend, was president of Swarthmore College). He was educated at The Shipley School and Harvard University.

Friend was a contributing editor at various publications, including Esquire, prior to becoming a staff writer at The New Yorker in 1998.[1] His work there includes the magazine's "Letter from California".[1] In 2001, he published "Lost in Mongolia: Travels in Hollywood and Other Foreign Lands", a collection of his articles. His memoir, Cheerful Money: Me, My Family, and the Last Days of Wasp Splendor, was published in 2009.[1]

Friend is married to food writer Amanda Hesser, with whom he has twin children. He lives in Brooklyn.

Bibliography

Books

  • Friend, Tad (2001). Lost in Mongolia : travels in Hollywood and other foreign lands. New York: Random House. {{cite book}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
  • Friend, Tad (2009). Cheerful money : me, my family, and the last days of WASP splendor. New York: Little, Brown. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (2011). Planet killers : a spine-tingling look at near-earth objects, mass extinctions, and the controversial science of planetary defense (eBook). Byliner. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)

Essays, reporting and other contributions

  • Friend, Tad (July 20, 1987). "Reunion". The Talk of the Town. The New Yorker. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |authormask= (help)
  • Friend, Tad (May 2, 1988). "Auction". The Talk of the Town. The New Yorker. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (October 11, 1993). "(Still) looking for America". The Talk of the Town. The New Yorker. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (October 25, 1993). "Claudia Shear is definitely working". The Talk of the Town. The New Yorker. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (November 1, 1993). "Call it Luxembourgian". The Talk of the Town. The New Yorker. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (2005). "The king of banter". Committed : men tell stories of love, commitment, and marriage. New York: Bloomsbury. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help); Unknown parameter |editors= ignored (|editor= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (2006). "Inside the Coen heads". In Allen, William Rodney (ed). (ed.). The Coen brothers : interviews. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi. {{cite book}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (October 26, 2009). "Scrum again". The Talk of the Town. Revivals. The New Yorker. 84 (36): 34–35. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (November 1, 2010). "High kicks". The Talk of the Town. The Boards. The New Yorker. 86 (34): 42. {{cite journal}}: Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[2]
  • Friend, Tad (January 2, 2012). "Second Act". The Talk of the Town. Ink. The New Yorker. 87 (42): 22. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[3]
  • Friend, Tad (November 26, 2012). "In character". The Talk of the Town. Haunts. The New Yorker. 88 (37): 20–21. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[4]
  • Friend, Tad (December 3, 2012). "Skyping John Malkovitch". The Talk of the Town. Brave New World Dept. The New Yorker. 88 (38): 38, 40. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (January 14, 2013). "Prison tale". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 88 (43): 20, 22. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (February 4, 2013). "In the box". The Talk of the Town. The Sporting Life. The New Yorker. 88 (46): 22. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[5]
  • Friend, Tad (February 4, 2013). "Home economics : can an entrepreneur's audacious plan fix the mortgage mess?". Letter from California. The New Yorker. 88 (46): 26–31. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (March 11, 2013). "Fussbudget vérité". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 89 (4): 20–21. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (March 25, 2013). "Guy's guy". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 89 (6): 40, 42. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameters: |1= and |2= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (May 6, 2013). "Agent Emmerich". The Talk of the Town. Backstory. The New Yorker. 89 (12): 24, 27. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (May 13, 2013). "Life project". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 89 (13): 25. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[6]
  • Friend, Tad (June 3, 2013). "Framers reframed". The Talk of the Town. On Closer Inspection. The New Yorker. 89 (16): 21. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Colin Quinn.
  • Friend, Tad (July 1, 2013). "Unsung". The Talk of the Town. Dept. of Breakthroughs. The New Yorker. 89 (19): 21–22. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Darlene Love.
  • Friend, Tad (July 22, 2013). "Surface, not depth". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 89 (21): 24–25. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (September 30, 2013). "Selfless". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 89 (30): 24–25. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (December 23–30, 2013). "Swagger". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 89 (42): 43. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Alice Eve.
  • Friend, Tad (January 6, 2014). "Alleyman". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 89 (43): 20–21. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Paul Rudd.
  • Friend, Tad (February 3, 2014). "All grown up". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 89 (47): 24–25. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Jonah Hill.
  • Friend, Tad (February 10, 2014). "Thicker than water : a Nantucket family's trial at sea". A Reporter at Large. The New Yorker. 89 (48): 42–51. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[7]
  • Friend, Tad (March 17, 2014). "Heavy weather : Darren Aronofsky gets Biblical". Profiles. The New Yorker. 90 (4): 46–57. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (March 31, 2014). "Pep talk". The Talk of the Town. Blood Brothers. The New Yorker. 90 (6): 19–20. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (June 2, 2014). "Checkered". The Talk of the Town. The Artistic Life. The New Yorker. 90 (15): 25–26. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Harmony Korine.
  • Friend, Tad (July 28, 2014). "Honey dance". The Talk of the Town. Long, Strange Trip. The New Yorker. 90 (21): 24. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Burt Shavitz of Burt's Bees.
  • Friend, Tad (May 18, 2015). "Game". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 91 (13): 36. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (May 18, 2015). "Tomorrow's advance man : Marc Andreessen's plan to win the future". Letter from California. The New Yorker. 91 (13): 58–73. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (July 27, 2015). "Shelling up". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 91 (21): 20. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (March 7, 2016). "Lady Television". The Talk of the Town. Sing-Alongs. The New Yorker. 92 (4): 19–20. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Alison Pill.
  • Friend, Tad (March 21, 2016). "Do-over". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 92 (6): 33–34. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Richard Linklater.
  • Friend, Tad (June 20, 2016). "Ghost editor". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 92 (18): 23. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)
  • Friend, Tad (October 10, 2016). "Adding a zero : is Y Combinator's Sam Altman fixing the world, or trying to take over Silicon Valley?". Profiles. The New Yorker. 92 (32): 68–83. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[8]
  • Friend, Tad (November 7, 2016). "Apologizer". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 92 (36): 17–18. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help) Laura Dern.[9]
  • Friend, Tad (June 19, 2017). "Pulverizer". The Talk of the Town. Comeback Dept. The New Yorker. 93 (17): 21–22. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[10]
  • Friend, Tad (August 21, 2017). "Nine lives". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 93 (24): 19. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[11]
  • Friend, Tad (October 30, 2017). "Performance capture". The Talk of the Town. The Pictures. The New Yorker. 93 (34): 19. {{cite journal}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |1= (help); Unknown parameter |authormask= ignored (|author-mask= suggested) (help)[12]

Interviews

Notes

  1. ^ a b c "Contributors: Tad Friend". The New Yorker. n.d.
  2. ^ Discusses Molly Shannon in Neil Simon's Promises, Promises.
  3. ^ Discusses Heather Donahue.
  4. ^ Bryan Cranston revisits the Upper West Side.
  5. ^ Discusses squash champs Nick Matthew and James Willstrop.
  6. ^ Discusses Ethan Hawke.
  7. ^ Discusses Jason Mleczko.
  8. ^ Online version is titled "Sam Altman's manifest destiny".
  9. ^ Online version is titled "Laura Dern's Literary Sensibility".
  10. ^ Online version is titled "From John Hughes to Michael Flynn".
  11. ^ Online version is titled "Hampton Fancher on the edge of fame".
  12. ^ Online version is titled "Andy Serkis's miniature worlds".
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