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Distinguished Essayist & Novelist Acclaimed Film Critic

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Widely considered one of the foremost American essayists and a central figure in the recent revival of interest in memoir writing, Phillip Lopate is best known for his supple and surprising essays, which have been collected in Getting Personal: Selected Writings (Basic Books, 2003). Lopate is the author of three essay collections, Bachelorhood (Little, Brown & Co., 1981); Against Joie de Vivre (Simon & Schuster, 1989); and Portrait of My Body (Doubleday-Anchor, 1996). A new collection, Portrait Inside My Head, was published in February 2013 (Simon & Schuster). He has also published two novellas in one book entitled Two Marriages (Other Press, 2008); two novels, Confessions of Summer (Doubleday, 1979) and The Rug Merchant (Viking, 1987); three poetry collections, At the End of the Day: Selected Poems (Marsh Hawk Press, 2009), The Eyes Don’t Always Want to Stay Open (Sun Press, 1972), and The Daily Round (Sun Press, 1976); and a memoir of his teaching experiences, Being With Children (Doubleday, 1975). Lopate is also the author of Notes on Sontag, a frank, witty, and entertaining reflection on the work, influence, and personality of one of the “foremost interpreters of…our recent contemporary moment.” An instructive book, To Show and Tell: the Craft of Literary Nonfiction, was published in February 2013 (Simon & Schuster).

He has also edited the anthologies The Art of the Personal Essay, Writing New York (The Library of America, 1998); Journal of a Living Experiment (Teachers & Writers Press, 1979); and a series collecting the best essays of the year, The Anchor Essay Annual (Anchor, 1997). Lopate’s work has been included in The Best American Essays and The Pushcart Prize series. One of his most recent books of nonfiction prose is the urban meditation, Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan, of which Conde-Nast Traveler wrote, “The celebrated essayist takes a tour of the city’s ever-changing perimeter, sharing his knowledge of New York’s history, mythology, and plans for the future. Poring over his informed, readable prose is like taking a stroll with a favorite professor: he is opinionated, casual, and erudite in equal measure.”

Also a film critic, Lopate has written about movies for The New York Times, Vogue, Esquire, Film Comment, Film Quarterly, Cinemabook, Tikkun, American Film, and the anthology The Movie That Changed My Life, among others. A volume of his selected movie criticism, Totally Tenderly Tragically, was published by Doubleday-Anchor in 1998. His most recent film anthology is American Movie Critics: From the Silent Era to the Present (The Library of America, 2006). His writings about architecture and urbanism have appeared in Metropolis, The New York Times, Double Take, Preservation, Cite and 7 Days, where he wrote a bi-monthly architectural column. He was also a recipient of a Revson Fellowship in Urban Studies at Columbia, and served as a committee member for the Municipal Art Society and as a consultant for Ric Burns’ PBS documentary on the history of New York City. He has written on travel for the New York Times Sophisticated Traveler, Conde Nast Traveler, European Travel and Life, Sidestreets of the World, and American Airlines Magazine.

Lopate’s many awards include a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a New York Public Library Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts grants, and two New York Foundation for the Arts grants. He also received a Christopher medal for Being With Children, the Texas Institute of Letters Award for best nonfiction book of the year (Bachelorhood), and was a finalist for the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for best essay book of the year (Portrait of My Body). His anthology Writing New York received an honorable mention from the Municipal Art Society’s Brendan Gill Award, and a citation from the New York Society Library.

Phillip Lopate was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1943, and received a bachelor’s degree at Columbia in 1964, and a doctorate at Union Graduate School in 1979. He held the Adams Chair at Hofstra University, where he is a professor of English, and has been appointed a Professor of Professional Practice in the School of the Arts and the School of Journalism at Columbia University.

Speaking Topics
  • An Evening with Philip Lopate

  • Chekov for Children: The Power of Plays

  • Being with Children

  • The Art of the Personal Essay

  • Susan Sontag: An American Artist

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  • What are the speaker fees for Phillip Lopate

    Speaking fees for Phillip Lopate, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Phillip Lopate are available upon request for live events and available upon request for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Phillip Lopate, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Phillip Lopate speak about?

    Phillip Lopate is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Authors, Television Stars.
  • Where does Phillip Lopate travel from?

    Phillip Lopate generally travels from New York, NY, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Phillip Lopate’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Phillip Lopate for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Phillip Lopate for your next private or corporate function.
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    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Phillip Lopate or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.
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Phillip Lopate Biography

Widely considered one of the foremost American essayists and a central figure in the recent revival of interest in memoir writing, Phillip Lopate is best known for his supple and surprising essays, which have been collected in Getting Personal: Selected Writings (Basic Books, 2003). Lopate is the author of three essay collections, Bachelorhood (Little, Brown & Co., 1981); Against Joie de Vivre (Simon & Schuster, 1989); and Portrait of My Body (Doubleday-Anchor, 1996). A new collection, Portrait Inside My Head, was published in February 2013 (Simon & Schuster). He has also published two novellas in one book entitled Two Marriages (Other Press, 2008); two novels, Confessions of Summer (Doubleday, 1979) and The Rug Merchant (Viking, 1987); three poetry collections, At the End of the Day: Selected Poems (Marsh Hawk Press, 2009), The Eyes Don’t Always Want to Stay Open (Sun Press, 1972), and The Daily Round (Sun Press, 1976); and a memoir of his teaching experiences, Being With Children (Doubleday, 1975). Lopate is also the author of Notes on Sontag, a frank, witty, and entertaining reflection on the work, influence, and personality of one of the “foremost interpreters of…our recent contemporary moment.” An instructive book, To Show and Tell: the Craft of Literary Nonfiction, was published in February 2013 (Simon & Schuster).

He has also edited the anthologies The Art of the Personal Essay, Writing New York (The Library of America, 1998); Journal of a Living Experiment (Teachers & Writers Press, 1979); and a series collecting the best essays of the year, The Anchor Essay Annual (Anchor, 1997). Lopate’s work has been included in The Best American Essays and The Pushcart Prize series. One of his most recent books of nonfiction prose is the urban meditation, Waterfront: A Journey Around Manhattan, of which Conde-Nast Traveler wrote, “The celebrated essayist takes a tour of the city’s ever-changing perimeter, sharing his knowledge of New York’s history, mythology, and plans for the future. Poring over his informed, readable prose is like taking a stroll with a favorite professor: he is opinionated, casual, and erudite in equal measure.”

Also a film critic, Lopate has written about movies for The New York Times, Vogue, Esquire, Film Comment, Film Quarterly, Cinemabook, Tikkun, American Film, and the anthology The Movie That Changed My Life, among others. A volume of his selected movie criticism, Totally Tenderly Tragically, was published by Doubleday-Anchor in 1998. His most recent film anthology is American Movie Critics: From the Silent Era to the Present (The Library of America, 2006). His writings about architecture and urbanism have appeared in Metropolis, The New York Times, Double Take, Preservation, Cite and 7 Days, where he wrote a bi-monthly architectural column. He was also a recipient of a Revson Fellowship in Urban Studies at Columbia, and served as a committee member for the Municipal Art Society and as a consultant for Ric Burns’ PBS documentary on the history of New York City. He has written on travel for the New York Times Sophisticated Traveler, Conde Nast Traveler, European Travel and Life, Sidestreets of the World, and American Airlines Magazine.

Lopate’s many awards include a John Simon Guggenheim Fellowship, a New York Public Library Center for Scholars and Writers Fellowship, two National Endowment for the Arts grants, and two New York Foundation for the Arts grants. He also received a Christopher medal for Being With Children, the Texas Institute of Letters Award for best nonfiction book of the year (Bachelorhood), and was a finalist for the PEN Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for best essay book of the year (Portrait of My Body). His anthology Writing New York received an honorable mention from the Municipal Art Society’s Brendan Gill Award, and a citation from the New York Society Library.

Phillip Lopate was born in Brooklyn, New York, in 1943, and received a bachelor’s degree at Columbia in 1964, and a doctorate at Union Graduate School in 1979. He held the Adams Chair at Hofstra University, where he is a professor of English, and has been appointed a Professor of Professional Practice in the School of the Arts and the School of Journalism at Columbia University.

Phillip Lopate Speaking Topics

  • An Evening with Philip Lopate

  • Chekov for Children: The Power of Plays

  • Being with Children

  • The Art of the Personal Essay

  • Susan Sontag: An American Artist

Phillip Lopate Videos

  • Phillip Lopate - Great Writers, Great Readings
  • Writer to Writer: Sheila Kohler and Phillip Lopate

FAQs on booking Phillip Lopate

  • How do I book Phillip Lopate to speak at my event?

    Our experienced booking agents have successfully helped clients around the world secure speakers like Phillip Lopate for speaking engagements, personal appearances, product endorsements, or corporate entertainment since 2002. Click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page to check availability for Phillip Lopate, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to discuss your upcoming event. One of our experienced agents will be happy to help you get speaking fee information and check availability for Phillip Lopate or any other speaker of your choice.
  • What are the speaker fees for Phillip Lopate

    Speaking fees for Phillip Lopate, or any other speakers and celebrities, are determined based on a number of factors and may change without notice. The estimated fees to book Phillip Lopate are available upon request for live events and available upon request for virtual events. For the most current speaking fee to hire Phillip Lopate, click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536 to speak directly with an experienced booking agent.
  • What topics does Phillip Lopate speak about?

    Phillip Lopate is a keynote speaker and industry expert whose speaking topics include Authors, Television Stars.
  • Where does Phillip Lopate travel from?

    Phillip Lopate generally travels from New York, NY, USA, but can be booked for private corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. For more details, please contact an AAE Booking agent.
  • Who is Phillip Lopate’s agent?

    AAE Speakers Bureau has successfully booked keynote speakers like Phillip Lopate for clients worldwide since 2002. As a full-service speaker booking agency, we have access to virtually any speaker or celebrity in the world. Our agents are happy and able to submit an offer to the speaker or celebrity of your choice, letting you benefit from our reputation and long-standing relationships in the industry. Please click the Check Availability button above and complete the form on this page including the details of your event, or call our office at 1.800.698.2536, and one of our agents will assist you to book Phillip Lopate for your next private or corporate function.
  • What is a full-service speaker booking agency?

    AAE Speakers Bureau is a full-service speaker booking agency, meaning we can completely manage the speaker’s or celebrity’s engagement with your organization from the time of booking your speaker through the event’s completion. We provide all of the services you need to host Phillip Lopate or any other speaker of your choice, including offer negotiation, contractual assistance, accounting and billing, and event speaker travel and logistics services. When you book a speaker with us, we manage the process of hosting a speaker for you as an extension of your team. Our goal is to give our clients peace of mind and a best-in-class service experience when booking a speaker with us.
  • Why is AAE Speakers Bureau different from other booking agencies?

    If you’re looking for the best, unbiased speaker recommendations, paired with a top-notch customer service experience, you’re in the right place. At AAE Speakers Bureau, we exclusively represent the interests of our clients - professional organizations, companies, universities, and associations. We intentionally do not represent the speakers we feature or book. That is so we can present our clients with the broadest and best performing set of speaker options in the market today, and we can make these recommendations without any obligation to promote a specific speaker over another. This is why when our agents suggest a speaker for your event, you can be assured that they are of the highest quality with a history of proven success with our other clients.

Phillip Lopate is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as An Evening with Philip Lopate, Chekov for Children: The Power of Plays, Being with Children, The Art of the Personal Essay and Susan Sontag: An American Artist. The estimated speaking fee range to book Phillip Lopate for your event is available upon request. Phillip Lopate generally travels from New York, NY, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Graham Swift, Joanne Proulx, Patrick Ness, Laura Esquivel and Jean Hanff Korelitz. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling Phillip Lopate for an upcoming live or virtual event.

Phillip Lopate Speaking Topics

  • An Evening with Philip Lopate

  • Chekov for Children: The Power of Plays

  • Being with Children

  • The Art of the Personal Essay

  • Susan Sontag: An American Artist

Phillip Lopate Speaker Videos

  • Phillip Lopate - Great Writers, Great Readings
    Writer to Writer: Sheila Kohler and Phillip Lopate

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This website is a resource for event professionals and strives to provide the most comprehensive catalog of thought leaders and industry experts to consider for speaking engagements. A listing or profile on this website does not imply an agency affiliation or endorsement by the talent.

All American Entertainment (AAE) exclusively represents the interests of talent buyers, and does not claim to be the agency or management for any speaker or artist on this site. AAE is a talent booking agency for paid events only. We do not handle requests for donation of time or media requests for interviews, and cannot provide celebrity contact information.

If you are the talent and wish to request a profile update or removal from our online directory, please submit a profile request form.

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