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David Masciotra

David Masciotra
David Masciotra is a cultural critic, political commentator, and public lecturer. He is the author of five books, including Mellencamp: American Troubadour. He is a columnist with Salon, and has also written for the Washington Post, Atlantic, and Los Angeles Review of Books.


On the Greatest Speech of Jesse
Jackson’s Life

David Masciotra Revisits the 1988 Democratic Convention
January 8, 2021  By David Masciotra
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