“Follow the dotted line,” Lou Reed grumbled at me in 2004. “Look, put all the songs together and it’s certainly an autobiography – just not necessarily mine. I write about other people, tell stories, ...

Between quitting the Velvet Underground and writing “Walk on the Wild Side,” the singer endured a long stretch of doubt, frustration and failure. By Will Hermes Will Hermes is a culture journalist.

It’s always been somewhat obvious that Lou Reed’s sneering persona and transgressive antics were cover for a sensitive soul. This is a man who escaped the stultifying suburbs of 1950s Long Island, ...

The brilliant discontents of Lou Reed. A new biography examines the enigma of the musician. To write about Lou Reed is to fight with Lou Reed. It is difficult to say, however, who started what, and ...