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Biography
Richard Zoglin (born August 8, 1948) is an American journalist and author.
He has covered entertainment for Time for over 20 years, and is now a senior editor there. He is the author of Hope: Entertainer of the Century, a 2014 biography of comedian Bob Hope.
In 2008, he published Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America, describing Lenny Bruce and the influence of the generation of stand-ups who followed him and elaborated on his style.
Education
Zoglin obtained his degree from the University of California, Berkeley, where he later received his master's degree in journalism.
Family
Zoglin was married to his wife Charla Krupp on 1 August 1992 in East Hampton, Illinois. Mrs. Zoglin is an entertainment editor for Glamour magazine. She graduated summa cum laude from the University of Illinois. Zoglin's father was the head of Zoglin Brothers Builders in Kansas City.
Works
- Comedy at the Edge: How Stand-up in the 1970s Changed America. Bloomsbury USA. 3 February 2009. ISBN 978-1-58234-625-0.
- Hope: Entertainer of the Century. Simon & Schuster. 4 November 2014. ISBN 978-1-4391-4858-7.