David Samuels (writer)

David Samuels
Born	David Samuels Brooklyn, New York
Occupation	Non-fiction writer, journalist
Nationality	American
Period	1991–present
Notable works	Only Love Can Break Your Heart (2008) The Runner (2008)
Children	Ben, Susannah, and Elijah Rakim

David Samuels (born 1967) is an American non-fiction and fiction writer. He is a contributing editor at Harper's Magazine," and a contributor to The Atlantic, N+1 [1] and The New Yorker. He is also the literary editor of Tablet.

Samuels grew up in Brooklyn, New York. In 1989, he graduated with a BA in history from Harvard College, where he was an editor of the Harvard Lampoon. Samuels became a Mellon Fellow in the Humanities at Princeton University, where he received a Master's Degree in history in 1993.

Samuels' first article to receive much public attention was a controversial 1991 cover story on rap music in The New Republic; the piece—which contended that the primary hip-hop audience consisted of white suburban teens—has been widely anthologized. A later article he wrote on rap music for The New Yorker was reprinted in the Best Music Writing of 2000 collection, edited by Peter Guralnick. His work has also been anthologized in Best American Political Writing of 2004, Best American Science and Nature Writing of 2006, and other collections.[2], as well as the French nonfiction quarterly Feuilleton. [3]

Samuels has been a Contributing Editor at Harper's Magazine since 1996 and has written over a dozen long features for The New Yorker. Several of his stories have also been featured on the covers of The Atlantic and the New York Times Magazine. His work hearkens back to the New Journalism of the 1960s—a blend of first-person observation, detailed reporting, and a careful attention to language.

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