Media

The following links are chronologically presented and related to all book reviews, project commentary, and media features for Terry Williams’ research and writing over the years.


Book Reviews

  • Kirkus ReviewsUnquestionably hard to read but an important, veil-lifting book“(2017) reviewing Teenage Suicide Notes. An Ethnography of Self-Harm
  • The New York Times “Shortlist” (2016) reviewing The Con Men: Hustling in New York City (with Trevor Milton)
  • The New Republic “Conning the Hustlers: A new look at New York;’ secret workers” (2015) reviewing The Con Men: Hustling in New York City (with Trevor Milton)
  • Times Higher Education “Book Review” (2015) reviewing The Con Men: Hustling in New York City (with Trevor Milton)
  • The New York TimesYouthful Dreams in Harlem” (1995) reviewing The Uptown Kids. Struggle and Hope in the Projects (with William Kornblum)
  • The New York Times “Notable Books of the Year” (1989) reviewing The Cocaine Kids: The Inside Story of a Teenage Drug Ring
  • The Washington Post “Kids and Crack” (1989) reviewing The Cocaine Kids: The Inside Story of a Teenage Drug Ring


News

Research Matter – The New School “Terry Williams: The Cosmopolitan Life of an Urban Ethnographer