Ann Powers
Ann K. Powers (born February 4, 1964)[1] is an American writer and popular music critic.[2] She is a music critic for NPR and a contributor at the Los Angeles Times, where she was previously chief pop critic. She has also written for other publications, such as The New York Times, Blender and The Village Voice. Powers is the author of Weird Like Us: My Bohemian America, a memoir; Good Booty: Love and Sex, Black & White, Body and Soul in American Music, on eroticism in American pop music; and Piece by Piece, co-authored with Tori Amos.
Ann Powers
American
Journalist
1980s–present
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Early life and education[edit]
Powers was born and raised in Seattle, Washington. During elementary school, her first poem was published in the Our Lady of Fatima school newspaper.[2]
Powers earned a Bachelor of Arts degree in creative writing from San Francisco State University, and a Master of Arts degree in American literature from the University of California, Berkeley. Powers studied literary theory. She also wrote about music, feminism, film, and religion.[2]
Personal life[edit]
Powers is married to Eric Weisbard, a music critic and professor of American studies at the University of Alabama.[10] They were married in 1998.[37] They moved to Tuscaloosa, Alabama, in 2009,[10][38][39] later moving to East Nashville, Tennessee, in 2015.[40] They have a daughter.[41]