Ellen Willis
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| - | ''[[Stranded: Rock and Roll for a Desert Island]]'' (1979) is a book edited by [[Greil Marcus]]. | ||
| - | Blurb: | + | '''Ellen Jane Willis''' (December 14, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an [[United States|American]] [[left-wing]] political [[essay]]ist, [[journalist]], [[activist]], [[feminist]], and [[pop music]] [[music critic|critic]]. A 2014 collection of her essays, ''The Essential Ellen Willis,'' received the [[National Book Critics Circle Award#Criticism|National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism]]. |
| - | In 1978, Greil Marcus asked twenty writers on rock-including [[Dave Marsh]], [[Lester Bangs]], [[Nick Tosches]], [[Ellen Willis]], [[Robert Christgau]]-a question: What one rock-and-roll album would you take to a desert island? The resulting essays were collected in Stranded, twenty passionate declarations to such albums as The Rolling Stones' Beggars Banquet, the Ramones' Rocket to Russia, Something Else by the Kinks, and more. Universally revered as the ur-text of rock journalism, Stranded is an indispensable classic. | ||
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| - | *[[Rock journalism]] | ||
| - | *[[Canon building]] | ||
| - | *[[Listmaking]] | ||
| - | *[[Record guide]] | ||
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Ellen Jane Willis (December 14, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American left-wing political essayist, journalist, activist, feminist, and pop music critic. A 2014 collection of her essays, The Essential Ellen Willis, received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.
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