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Ellen Willis

Ellen Jane Willis (December 14, 1941 – November 9, 2006) was an American left-wing political essayist, journalist, activist, feminist, and pop music critic. A 2014 collection of her essays, The Essential Ellen Willis, received the National Book Critics Circle Award for Criticism.

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Occupation
Journalist
Born
Ellen Jane Willis (1941-12-14)December 14, 1941 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died
November 9, 2006(2006-11-09) (aged 64) Queens, New York, U.S.
Spouse
Stanley Aronowitz

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Ellen Willis

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Density0.021505
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related to Books · 52
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related to Essays, reporting and other contributions · 40
Ellen Willis → Balance, Boston Review, Citizenship, Consumerism, Drugs, Elaine Scarry's, Ellen, Ellen Willis's Reply, Emergency, End, February, Feminist Radicalism, Hearing, Hell No, Higher Education, July, Myth, Note, November, October/November
related to External links · 23
Ellen Willis → Chris O'Connell, Conversation, Dies, Ellen Willis Tumblr Page, Feminist, Harvard University, Hope, January, Journalist, Margalit Fox, Michael Bronski, My Ellen Willis, November, Papers, Pop Matters, Radcliffe Institute, Rock, Roll, Schlesinger Library, Sex
related to Reviews and critiques of Ellen Willis · 14
Ellen Willis → Bully, Discussion, Don't Think, February, Freedom From Religion, March, Marcy Sheiner, October, Pulpit, Review, San Francisco Bay Guardian, Smile, The Nation, Wayback Machine
related to Interviews · 12
Ellen Willis → Doug Henwood, February, Feminist, Fresh Air, Implicating Empire, Interview, Left Business Observer, March, MP3, November, RealAudio, Writer
Born · 1
Ellen Willis → Ellen Jane Willis (1941-12-14)December 14, 1941 New York City, New York, U.S.
Died · 1
Ellen Willis → November 9, 2006(2006-11-09) (aged 64) Queens, New York, U.S.
Occupation · 1
Ellen Willis → Journalist
Spouse · 1
Ellen Willis → Stanley Aronowitz

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Ellen WillisOccupationJournalist1.00infobox
Ellen WillisSpouseStanley Aronowitz1.00infobox
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