Eric Zorn

Eric Zorn is a columnist for the Chicago Tribune. Zorn plays and is an advocate for folk music.

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Columnist - Chicago Tribune - Folk music

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Zorn is a 1980 graduate of the University of Michigan, in which he was a senior editor at the Michigan Daily and a creative writing/English literature major. After he had served a four-month internship at the Miami Herald, he came to work at the Chicago Tribune from 1980 forward. After five years as a feature author and radio columnist in the Tempo portion of the paper, he went to the metro news section. In 1986 he became a news-feature columnist. His column, Hometowns, developed gradually into his eponymous comment column.

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University of Michigan - Michigan Daily - Internship - Miami Herald - 1980

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He is a co-author of the book of 1990, "Murder of Innocence," a study of life and tragic rampage of Winnetka schoolhouse killer Laurie Dann.

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Murder of Innocence - Winnetka - Laurie Dann

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About four times a year, Zorn and fellow Chicago Tribune metro columnist Mary Schmich write a week of columns that consist of a back-and-forth exchange of letters.

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His wife, Johanna Zorn, is founder and executive director of the Third Coast International Audio Festival on Chicago Public Radio.

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Johanna Zorn - Third Coast International Audio Festival - Chicago Public Radio

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Eric Zorn is the grandson of mathematician Max Zorn.

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