Hugo Lindgren

    Hugo Lindgren is a writer, editor and producer, and lives in Manhattan. He has been the editor of the New York Times Magazine, and worked at New York, The Hollywood Reporter and Bloomberg Businessweek. Also, George, for those who remember that.

    (drawing is me as a Peanuts character by my daughter Scarlett)

    latest stuff

    The Wrens sequel
    NYT
    Divine weirdness of rooting for the Yankees in 2021
    Medium
    The exquisite Michael Sorkin
    Curbed
    Jackals: How to Survive in the Underground of Pro Basketball
    GQ

    published works plus side projects, b-sides and rarities

    'Be Wrong as Fast as You Can’
    NYT
    The Wrens
    NYT
    'The Confidence Man’
    NY Mag
    ‘Detroit’
    Link
    Gangs of New York
    NY Mag
    Serial’s underrated second season
    Link
    'Dubai on the Hudson’
    NYT
    Mayor of Model City
    Metropolis
    My one and only celebrity cover story
    Details
    'Pessimism Porn’
    NY Mag
    'Hot Waitress Economic Index’
    NY Mag
    Radiohead
    NY Mag
    R.E.M.
    NYT
    The Replacements
    Billboard
    College rock
    NY Mag
    None of the staff music writers wanted to write about Pearl Jam, and at first I didn’t want to either, then I said ok
    NYT
    Loved this band
    NYT
    Loved this band even more
    NY Mag
    Not sure I even liked this band but I wrote the nicest shit
    NY Mag
    Springsteen
    NY Mag
    McEnroe
    NYT
    “Everybody thinks you reach a certain age and you’re a grown-up, but it’s not true. Nobody grows up until the day they croak.”
    Billboard
    Still one of my favorite writers, though he might punch me if he had the chance
    NYT
    Once upon a time, I got asked to review crap books like this
    NYT
    These dumb fuckers later bragged they’d ‘bought’ the positive coverage. I actually liked them. Not after I heard that.
    NYT
    Got paid to cover a rock festival (once & not much)
    NYT
    Tommy, my hero
    NYT
    O.M.D.
    NYT
    Would Still Love to Meet the Real Carouser
    NYT
    Esquire in the Sixties
    NYT
    My 100-year-old grandfather died thinking I was an idiot for writing this
    Slate
    Amazing how shit like this could’ve once seemed so important
    Slate
    'Lady Ronkokoma’ (Thanks, Moby)
    NY Mag
    Listen to the actual song
    Link
    This is a much better song that I once wrote
    Link
    White Stripe
    NYT
    Sweden rocks
    NYT
    After the financial crisis …
    NY Mag
    The first hedge fund
    NY Mag
    A dumb thing I once did
    Slate
    Maybe this is dumber?
    NYT
    David Rivers, point guard extraordinaire
    NYT
    A glorious shithouse
    NY Mag
    The Foundation
    (TV pilot)
    Breaking News
    (TV pilot)