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Andrei Codrescu

Born

in Sibiu, Romania

December 20, 1946

Website

http://www.codrescu.com/livesite/

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Genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Andrei Codrescu is a poet, novelist, essayist, and NPR commentator. His many books include Whatever Gets You through the Night, The Postmodern Dada Guide, and The Poetry Lesson. He was Mac Curdy Distinguished Professor of English at Louisiana State University from 1984 until his retirement in 2009.

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Average rating: 3.75 · 9,401 ratings · 1,188 reviews · 158 distinct works • Similar authors

	The Blood Countess 3.49 avg rating — 1,922 ratings — published 1995 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City 3.95 avg rating — 870 ratings — published 2001 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara & Lenin Play Chess 4.06 avg rating — 353 ratings — published 2009 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Wakefield 3.18 avg rating — 263 ratings — published 2004 — 20 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Poetry Lesson 3.80 avg rating — 210 ratings — published 2010 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Messiah: A Novel 3.35 avg rating — 184 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Ay, Cuba! A Socio-Erotic Journey by Andrei Codrescu, David Graham (Photographer) 3.78 avg rating — 143 ratings — published 1999 — 8 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Hole in the Flag: A Romanian Exile's Story of Return & Revolution 4.16 avg rating — 126 ratings — published 1991 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Muse Is Always Half-Dressed in New Orleans and Other Essays 3.64 avg rating — 130 ratings — published 1993 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Road Scholar: Coast To Coast Late in the Century 3.79 avg rating — 122 ratings — published 1993 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Nostalgia is masochism and masochism is something masochists love to share.”
― Andrei Codrescu, New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City

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“It's still a mystery to me exactly how I learned the language. [But] I was 19 years old and I had very urgent things to tell girls.”
― Andrei Codrescu

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“There is a velvety sensuality here at the mouth of the Mississippi that you won't find anywhere else. Tell me what the air feels like at 3 A.M. on a Thursday night in August in Shaker Heights and I bet you won't be able to say because nobody stays up that late. But in New Orleans, I tell you, it's ink and honey passed through silver moonlight.”
― Andrei Codrescu, New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City

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Okay, looks like horror is our genre for July! I'm kind of glad since I'm doing a lot of serious reading this summer. I'll try not to pick really horrific (i.e. gory, etc.) titles, for the sake of those of you who are more lighthearted. This poll will be open until Saturday, June 13.

Harbor

John Ajvide Lindqvist

2 votes, 40.0%

The Collector

John Fowles

2 votes, 40.0%

The Blood Countess

Andrei Codrescu

1 vote, 20.0%

At the Mountains of Madness

H.P. Lovecraft

0 votes, 0.0%

Grotesque

Natsuo Kirino

0 votes, 0.0%

Anno-Dracula

Kim Newman

0 votes, 0.0%

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