Richard Goldstein is one of the founders of rock criticism, beginning with his Pop Eye column in the Village Voice in 1966 when he was just twenty-two. His reporting led to a long career as a commentator on culture, politics, and sexuality. His work has appeared in many newspapers and magazines, including the New York Times, New York, Harper’s, Artforum, the Guardian, and the Nation, and he served as arts editor and then executive editor of the Village Voice. His gay activism earned him a GLAAD award as columnist of the year. His books include the bestselling The Poetry of Rock, Reporting the Counterculture, and Homocons: The Rise of the Gay Right. He is currently an adjunct professor at Hunter College of the City University of New York where he teaches, among other classes, a course on the sixties.