Sam Tanenhaus (Author of Whittaker Chambers)

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Sam Tanenhaus is the editor of both The New York Times Book Review and the Week in Review section of the Times. From 1999 to 2004 he was a contributing editor at Vanity Fair, where he wrote often on politics.

His work has also appeared in The New York Times Magazine, The New Republic, The New York Review of Books, and many other publications. Tanenhaus鈥檚 previous book, Whittaker Chambers: A Biography, won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and was a finalist for both the National Book Award and the Pulitzer Prize.

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Anarchists Helped Build Up Free Speech. Donald Trump Is Tearing It Down.

As two recent books show, free speech protections were forged a century ago by people who fought for the rights of activists.

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Published on March 29, 2025 02:00

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Sam Tanenhaus鈥檚 books

Average rating: 3.93 · 816 ratings · 108 reviews · 12 distinct works 鈥� Similar authors

	Whittaker Chambers: A Biography 4.20 avg rating — 522 ratings — published 1997 — 6 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Death of Conservatism 3.40 avg rating — 272 ratings — published 2009 — 16 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	In Stalin's Secret Service by W.G. Krivitsky, Sam Tanenhaus 3.85 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1980 — 19 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Louis Armstrong: Musician 4.22 avg rating — 9 ratings — published 1988 — 7 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literature Unbound 3.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 1986	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Buckley: The Life and the Revolution That Changed America really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 3 ratings — expected publication 2025 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Black Americans of Achievement by Sam Tanenhaus, Alan Schroeder, Pamela Levin 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2005 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Whittaker Chambers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Literature unbound: A guide for the common reader 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“Our nemesis is time, against which we have a single ally, memory, and even it betrays us.”
― Sam Tanenhaus, Literature Unbound

tags: betrayal, memory, time

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“In literature and in life we ultimately pursue, not conclusions, but beginnings.”
― Sam Tanenhaus, Literature Unbound

tags: beginning, conclusion, pursue

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“We all nurture impulses which promise freedom from the demands of others, even if that freedom means death.”
― Sam Tanenhaus, Literature Unbound

tags: death, demand, impulse

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