Marc Spitz (October 2, 1969 – February 4, 2017) was an American music journalist, author and playwright. Spitz's writings on

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and popular culture appeared in '' Spin'' (where he was a Senior Writer) as well as ''

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''. He was a contributing music writer for '' Vanity Fair''.

Biography

Born in Far Rockaway, Queens, Spitz was the author of the novels ''

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'' and '' Too Much, Too Late'', and the biographies '' We Got the Neutron Bomb: The Untold Story of LA Punk'' (with Brendan Mullen), ''Nobody Likes You: Inside the Turbulent Life, Times and Music of Green Day'', '' Bowie: A Biography'', and '' Jagger: Rebel, Rock Star, Rambler, Rogue''. He appears in the anthologies ''The Encyclopedia of Ex-es'', ''Howl: A Collection of the Best Contemporary Dog Wit'', and ''Rock N’ Roll Cage Match: Music’s Greatest Rivalries Decided''. His books have been translated and published in French, Danish, German, and Dutch. Spitz was a "Downtown" playwright, emerging from the Ludlow Street scene around ''Todo Con Nada'' in 1998. His other theatrical work includes ''Retail Sluts'', ''The Rise and Fall of the Farewell Drugs'', ''...Worry, Baby'', ''The Hobo Got Too High'', ''I Wanna Be Adored'', ''Shyness Is Nice'', ''Gravity Always Wins'', ''The Name of This Play is Talking Heads'', ''Your Face Is A Mess'', ''A Marshmallow World'', ''Up For Anything'', and ''P.S. It's Poison''. ''Shyness Is Nice'' was selected and anthologized as one of NY Theatre's Best Plays of 2001, and its opening monologue appears in the Applause anthology ''One on One: Best Men’s Monologues of the 21st Century'', published in October, 2008. Spitz spoke at

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(on playwrighting) and

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(on journalism), and appeared as a "talking head" on

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, VH1,

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. Spitz died in New York City, at the age of 47.

Books

Novels

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Nonfiction

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Plays

* ''Retail Sluts'' * ''The Rise and Fall of the Farewell Drugs'' * ''"…Worry, Baby"'' * ''The Hobo Got Too High'' * ''I Wanna Be Adored'' * ''Shyness Is Nice'' * ''Gravity Always Wins'' * ''The Name of This Play is Talking Heads'' * ''Your Face Is A Mess'' * ''A Marshmallow World'' * ''Up For Anything'' * ''P.S. It's Poison'' * ''Revenge and Guilt''

References

External links

Marc Spitz
at '' Vanity Fair''
Marc Spitz
at

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