Harry Waksberg

Born and raised in New York, Harry Waksberg has written extensively about film and television for a variety of online sources. He worked in various low-level positions in the Los Angeles TV industry after college, then moved back to New York. He is currently working on a book about the history of television piracy and is attempting to take a picture with every statue of a television character (most recently: Kermit the Frog at the University of Maryland).

Articles

What Is the Point of Such Inhumane Programs? On Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska’s “Microhistories of Memory”
Harry Waksberg reviews a new book about a German television series about the Holocaust, written by Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska.
Harry WaksbergJun 7
All the Television We’ll Lose: On Fantagraphics’ “Ernie in Kovacsland”
Harry Waksberg reviews a new book from Fantagraphics about television pioneer Ernie Kovacs, “Ernie in Kovacsland.”
Harry WaksbergAug 17, 2023
- Literary Criticism
- Television
The Ways We Were: On Sydney Pollack’s “The Way We Were” at 50
Harry Waksberg compares two recent histories of Sydney Pollack’s 1973 film “The Way We Were.”
Harry WaksbergApr 21, 2023
- Film

Harry Waksberg

Articles

What Is the Point of Such Inhumane Programs? On Magdalena Saryusz-Wolska’s “Microhistories of Memory”

All the Television We’ll Lose: On Fantagraphics’ “Ernie in Kovacsland”

The Ways We Were: On Sydney Pollack’s “The Way We Were” at 50