Tom Lutz

Tom Lutz (born March 21, 1953) is an American writer and literary critic, and founder and editor-in-chief of the Los Angeles Review of Books.

Lutz grew up in Cedar Grove, New Jersey. He received his B.A. in English and journalism from University of Massachusetts, and a master's degree and Ph.D in English from Stanford University.

Lutz taught creative writing at the California Institute of the Arts, University of Iowa,Stanford University, and the University of Copenhagen. He is currently Professor in the Department of Creative Writing at University of California, Riverside.

His writing has appeared in the New York Times, Los Angeles Times, The New Republic, Chicago Tribune, Die Zeit, ZYZZYVA, Exquisite Corpse, Salon.com, and Black Clock.

His books include Drinking Mare's Milk on the Roof of the World: Wandering the Globe from Azerbaijan to Zanzibar (2016), And the Monkey Learned Nothing: Dispatches from a Life of Travel (2016), Doing Nothing: A History of Loafers, Loungers, Slackers, and Bums in America (2007, American Book Award), Cosmopolitan Vistas: American Regionalism and Literary Value (2004; Choice Outstanding Academic Title), Crying: The Natural & Cultural History of Tears (1999; New York Times Notable Book), and American Nervousness, 1903: An Anecdotal History (1991, New York Times Notable Book), and have been translated into 12 languages.

He is the founding editor and publisher of Los Angeles Review of Books.

He lives in Los Angeles.

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