Max Rudin

Max Rudin is Publisher of The Library of America (www.loa.org), a nonprofit publisher whose mission is to foster greater appreciation and pride in America's literary heritage by publishing, and keeping permanently in print, authoritative editions of America's best and most significant writing. There are currently 150 volumes in the series.

Mr. Rudin writes on American history, literature, music, and popular culture for American Heritage and Raritan magazines.  He created, hosts, and introduces the ongoing program of readings “Great New York Writers in Great New York Places.” He has served as judge of the James Thurber Prize for American Humor Writing since the prize was created in 1997.  He is currently co-director of a three-year NEH-funded publishing and public programming project devoted to colonial American writing. Mr. Rudin holds degrees in English and American literature from Princeton University and Columbia University. He serves on the Board of Directors of The Great Books Foundation and The New York Festival of Song.

Max Rudin lives with his wife and two children in New York City.