Terry Teachout (1956–2022,) fully Terrance Alan Teachout, was an American writer, biographer, critic, and musician. In addition to his writing, Teachout was a jazz musician and has performed with several notable musicians.
Born in Cape Girardeau, Missouri, Teachout received his undergraduate degree from William Jewell College (1979) and earned a Master’s in English from the University of Missouri. Teachout was the drama critic for The Wall Street Journal, and his reviews appeared in publications such as The New York Times, National Review, and Commentary.
Teachout authored several books, including biographies of Louis Armstrong, H. L. Mencken, and Duke Ellington.
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We are born into a vast room whose walls consist of a thousand doors of possibility. Each door is flung open to the world outside, and the room is filled with light and noise. We close some of the doors deliberately, sometimes with fear, sometimes with calm certainty. Others seem to close by themselves, some so quietly that we do not even notice.
—Terry Teachout
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