Andrei Codrescu

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born

December 20, 1946 in Romania

gender

male

website

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

genre

Poetry, Literature & Fiction, Nonfiction

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Andrei Codrescu is a Romanian-born American poet, novelist, essayist, screenwriter, and commentator for National Public Radio. He was Mac Curdy Distinguished Professor of English at Louisiana State University from 1984 until his retirement in 2009.

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Books by Andrei Codrescu

Average rating: 3.67 · 2,267 ratings · 336 reviews · 64 distinct works

	The Blood Countess 3.40 avg rating — 645 ratings — published 1995 — 8 editions	My rating:
	New Orleans, Mon Amour: Twenty Years of Writings from the City 3.96 avg rating — 258 ratings — published 2001 — 3 editions	My rating:
	The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara & Lenin Play Chess 4.09 avg rating — 99 ratings — published 2009 — 3 editions	My rating:
	Wakefield by Andrei Codrescu, Codrescu 2.90 avg rating — 106 ratings — published 2004 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Messiah 3.12 avg rating — 88 ratings — published 1999 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Zombification: Stories from National Public Radio by Andrei Codrescu, (U.S.) National Public Radio Inc. 3.60 avg rating — 72 ratings — published 1994 — 2 editions	My rating:
	The Muse Is Always Half-Dressed in New Orleans and Other Essays 3.72 avg rating — 67 ratings — published 1993 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Casanova in Bohemia: A Novel 3.42 avg rating — 50 ratings — 4 editions	My rating:
	The Poetry Lesson 3.73 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Road Scholar: Coast to Coast Late in the Century 3.60 avg rating — 53 ratings — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by Andrei Codrescu

“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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“Nosferatu is the daddy of modern American sex.”
― Andrei Codrescu, The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara & Lenin Play Chess

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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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