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Biography

Liz Pelly is a writer and editor living in Brooklyn, NY, covering music, culture, and the arts. Her byline has appeared at The Baffler, The Guardian, Rolling Stone, Pitchfork, The Village Voice, Nylon, Time Out New York, The Intercept, In These Times, Spin, Rookie, The Boston Phoenix, Dazed, Stereogum, and NME. Liz has worked on staff at The Boston Phoenix, Stereogum, and Impose. She holds a bachelor's degree in Magazine Journalism from Boston University's College of Communication. She began her freelance writing career over a decade ago as a 16-year-old contributing to her local alt-weekly, the Long Island Press.

Content

Total articles 153

• Available on paid plans

  The price of a perfect playlist - podcast

  By Hannah Moore Verified, Liz Pelly, Ruth Abrahams, Homa Khaleeli

  Mar. 16, 2025

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  Pay to get playlisted? The accusations against Spotify’s Discovery Mode

  By Liz Pelly

  Feb. 19, 2025

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  12 New Non-Fiction Books You Need to Read in 2025

  By Graydon Carter Verified, Emily Callaci, Liz Pelly, Laurence Leamer

  Jan. 22, 2025

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The Baffler

The Baffler is America's leading voice of interesting and unexpected left-wing political criticism, cultural analysis, short stories, poems, and art. We publish six print issues annually, as well as online content every day of the cursed workweek.