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Hentoff

American  
[hen-tawf, ‑tof] / ˈhɛn tɔf, ‑tɒf /

noun

  1. Nat(han Irving), 1925–2017, U.S. writer and critic.


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Among her many ventures to champion the jazz music she loves so much is A&R for iconic jazz label Candid Records, founded by the great jazz writer Nat Hentoff in 1960.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 12, 2025

‘The Pleasures of Being Out of Step: Notes on the Life of Nat Hentoff’: The critic Nat Hentoff is the subject of this engaging 2014 bio-documentary from the director David L. Lewis.

From New York Times Nov. 29, 2024

And Hentoff got The New Yorker to devote a whole forty-five pages of print to Marie, and later Hentoff expanded those pages into a full biography.

From Scientific American Apr. 6, 2023

Nat Hentoff enters the world of Maurice Sendak, the author of “Where the Wild Things Are.”

From The New Yorker Feb. 17, 2019

Free-speech hawk Nat Hentoff helped bring attention to what he saw as a campus chilling effect with a 1990 Washington Post essay.

From Washington Post Mar. 15, 2018

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