Tommy Wallach
- Location
- San Francisco, California, US
- Birthday
- December 19
- Title
- GMAT Instructor
- Company
- ManhattanGMAT
- Bio
- Tommy Wallach is a writer, musician, and man about town. He writes book reviews for PRI's "The World" World Books page, and puts videos up on YouTube now and again, some of which have been featured on the front page. He is currently signed to Decca Records, though not for much longer. He is also a Salon intern, and an instructor for Manhattan GMAT. He went to NYU at some point, and then to Stanford. He is not sure why.
Tommy Wallach's Links
SEPTEMBER 11, 2009 6:06PM
My first byline on Salon! A review of Muriel Barbery’s “Gourmet Rhapsody”
Oh, excitement! My name in the lights of Salon! I’ve included
the text of the review below the screenshot, or you can click here
to read it on the site proper. Sweet! Sept. 11, 2009 | Muriel
Barbery’s last book, “The
Elegance of the Hedgehog,†was a massive bestseller
both in…
SEPTEMBER 9, 2009 1:40PM
“The Armies” by Evelio Rosero (PRI’s “The World” Book Review)
Another review for the World Books page off of PRI’s website
for “The World”: At the beginning of Evelio
Rosero’s novel “The
Armiesâ€, the protagonist, Ismael, a retired professor
in his seventies, spies on his young neighbor Geraldina over the
wall between their properties. Ge…
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 12:44AM
Don’t Explain (Billie Holiday Cover)
Here’s another song in my series of videos on YouTube, some
of which have been featured on the front page! This is a cover of
one of my favorite standards. Hope you enjoy!
SEPTEMBER 4, 2009 12:40AM
It’s Hard to Be Hot
(This post was originally written for my arts and culture blog on
Salon, Buzzkiller. All postings from that blog will also be
reposted here.) Today, the NYTimes, my go-to source for
rant-inspiring material, ran an article entitled
“Country’s New Face:
It’s Young and Blondeâ€. Hearkening
back t…
AUGUST 3, 2009 3:32PM
The Festival Infestation
This post was originally written for my arts and culture blog on
Salon, Buzzkiller. All postings from that blog will also be
reposted here. The New York Times reported today on a new music
festival that came and went last week in Lake Tahoe, CA. Called
Wanderlust Festival, it brought together…
JULY 21, 2009 7:52PM
“The Naked Eye” by Yoko Tawada (PRI’s “The World” Book Review)
Yet another of my lovely book reviews for Bill Marx’s
“World Books” section of the PRI website for “The
World”. Excerpt below, full review here A reviewer courts
considerable danger when he or she condemns a book that is densely
surreal or murkily allegorical. Complain…
JUNE 30, 2009 11:47PM
“Far North” by Marcel Theroux (PRI’s “The World” Book Review)
Yet another of my lovely book reviews for Bill Marx’s
“World Books” section of the PRI website for “The
World”. Excerpt below, full review here: Fallout Girl Another
take on the post-apocalyptic novel proves that this venerable genre
is anything but a wasteland.  
Kerry Lauerman
Joan Walsh
Salon.com