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David Hajdu

David Hajdu is the author of seven books, including Adrianne Geffel: A Fiction, and a three-time National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. A musician and composer, he is the music critic for the Nation and a journalism professor at Columbia University. He lives in New York City.

David Hajdu

David Hajdu is the author of seven books, including Adrianne Geffel: A Fiction, and a three-time National Book Critics Circle Award finalist. A musician and composer, he is the music critic for the Nation and a journalism professor at Columbia University. He lives in New York City.

Books by David Hajdu

  • Adrianne Geffel: A Fiction

    David Hajdu

    Hardback, 2020

    A poignant and hilarious oral history of a (fictitious) musical phenomenon.
  • Adrianne Geffel: A Fiction

    David Hajdu

    E Book, 2020

    This never-before-told story of the life and work of a (fictitious) musical phenomenon is "a revealing—and at times hilarious—satire of the music business, fame, and the cult of personality" (Clea...
  • Adrianne Geffel: A Fiction

    David Hajdu

    Paperback, 2021

    This never-before-told story of the life and work of a (fictitious) musical phenomenon is "a revealing—and at times hilarious—satire of the music business, fame, and the cult of personality" (Clea...
  • The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines from Automata to AI

    David Hajdu

    Hardback, 2025

    An acclaimed critic, journalist and songwriter-musician tells the story of art’s relation to machines, from the Baroque period to the age of AI
  • The Uncanny Muse: Music, Art, and Machines from Automata to AI

    David Hajdu

    E Book

    An acclaimed critic, journalist and songwriter-musician tells the story of art’s relation to machines, from the Baroque period to the age of AI