Kenneth Turan Lecturer Contact Information E-mail: kturan@usc.edu Phone: (213) 740-3252 Office: THH 355

Academic Appointment, Affiliation, and Employment History

• Director, Los Angeles Times Book Prizes, Los Angeles Times, 01/01/1993-  
• Book review editor, film Critic, Los Angeles Times, 01/01/1991-  
• Film critic, E! Entertainment, 01/01/1997-01/01/1998  
• Film Critic, Monitor Radio, 01/01/1993-01/01/1997  
• Film critic and contributing editor, Gentlemen's Quarterly (G.Q.), 01/01/1985-01/01/1990  
• Staff writer, T.V. Guide, 01/01/1984-01/01/1986  
• Film critic, "Entertainment Coast-to-Coast," CBS Radio-Radio Network, 01/01/1984-01/01/1986  
• Film critic, National Public Radio's "All Things Considered", 01/01/1982-01/01/1986  
• Book review editor & film critic, New West/California Magazine, 01/01/1978-01/01/1980  
• Film critic, The Progressive, 01/01/1972-01/01/1980  
• Sports writer, staff writer, & General cultural critic and feature writer in Style section, Washington Post, 01/01/1969-01/01/1978  
• Media columnist, Inside Sports,  
• The Word columnist, Buzz Magazine,  

Publications

Book

• Turan, K. (2006). Now In Theaters Everywhere. NOW IN THEATERS EVERYWHERE/PublicAffairs.
• Turan, K. (2004). Never Coming To A Theater Near You. NEVER COMING TO A THEATER NEAR YOU/PublicAffairs.
• Turan, K. (2002). Sundance to Sarajevo: Film Festivals and the World They Made. SUNDANCE TO SARAJEVO: FILM FESTIVALS AND THE WORLD THEY MADE/University of California Press.
• Turan, K. (1987). Call Me Anna: The Autobiography of Patty Duke . CALL ME ANNA: THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF PATTY DUKE/Bantam.
• Turan, K. (1974). I'd Rather Be Wright: Memoirs of an itinerant Tackle . I'D RATHER BE WRIGHT: MEMOIRS OF AN ITINERANT TACKLE/Prentice-Hall.
• Turan, K. (1974). Sinema: American Pornographic Films and the People Who Make Them. SINEMA: AMERICAN PORNOGRAPHIC FILMS AND THE PEOPLE WHO MAKE THEM/Praeger.
• Turan, K. (1972). The Future is Now. Boston and New York: THE FUTURE IS NOW/Houghton Mifflin.

Service to the Profession

Professional Memberships

• Board of directors, National Yiddish Book Center, 2007-