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'''Ned Polsky''' ({{birth date|1928|10|20}} – {{death date|2000|06|13}}) was an American [[author]] and [[sociologist]] who wrote the 1969 book ''[[Hustlers, Beats, and Others]]'', about political culture, criminology and pool hustlers.<ref name="PagannReview">{{cite news |last1=Pagann |first1=Christian |title=Decline and fall of six pockets: Hustlers, Beats, and Others (book review) |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=20 August 1967|id={{ProQuest|179264857}} }}</ref><ref name="Curtis Review">{{cite news |last1=Curtis |first1=C. Michael |title=Hustlers, Beats, and Others (book review) |publisher=[[Christian Science Monitor]] |date=10 August 1967|id={{ProQuest|510934725}} }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Erikson |first1=Kai T. |title=Review of Hustlers, Beats, and Others |journal=American Sociological Review |date=1968 |volume=33 |issue=3 |pages=460–462 |doi=10.2307/2091925 |jstor=2091925 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Boskin |first1=Joseph |title=Review of Hustlers, Beats, and Others |journal=The Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science |date=1968 |volume=376 |pages=197 |jstor=1037858 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Roebuck |first1=Julian |title=Review of Hustlers, Beats, and Others |journal=The Journal of Criminal Law, Criminology, and Police Science |date=1969 |volume=60 |issue=2 |pages=232–233 |doi=10.2307/1142244 |jstor=1142244 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Lemert |first1=Edwin M. |title=Review of Hustlers, Beats, and Others. |journal=American Journal of Sociology |date=1968 |volume=73 |issue=5 |pages=649–650 |doi=10.1086/224553 |jstor=2775581 }}</ref><ref>{{cite journal |last1=Cohen |first1=Stanley |title=Review of Hustlers, Beats, and Others |journal=The British Journal of Criminology |date=1968 |volume=8 |issue=1 |pages=93–95 |doi=10.1093/oxfordjournals.bjc.a049118 |jstor=23635220 }}</ref> He was also known for his criticism of [[Norman Mailer]]'s essay ''[[The White Negro]]'', included with the essay in later collections of Mailer's work,<ref>{{cite magazine |title=The Norman Invasion |url=https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2013/10/21/the-norman-invasion |magazine=The New Yorker |date=14 October 2013 }}</ref> and as an "insane Joyce fanatic" who memorized long passages from ''[[Finnegans Wake]]''.<ref>{{cite news |title=Some Bars in Some Places |url=https://rkovach.wordpress.com/2008/05/27/some-bars-in-some-places/ |work=Good Stories |date=28 May 2008 |first=Roger |last=Kovach }}{{self-published inline|date=August 2022}}</ref>

Polsky studied [[linguistics]] and literature at the [[University of Wisconsin]], and pursued graduate studies in [[sociology]] at the [[University of Chicago]], although he did not complete his degree. He was for many years a professor of sociology at [[Stony Brook University]],<ref>{{citation|url=http://lakechapalaartists.com/?p=1385|title=Ned Polsky (1928–2000), Beat Sociologist|work=Lake Chapala Artists|publisher=Sombrero Books|accessdate=2019-02-22}}</ref> and served as vice president of the Society for the Study of Social Problems in 1971–1972.<ref>{{citation|url=https://www.sssp1.org/index.cfm/m/527/locationSectionId/0/Past_Presidents,_Vice_Presidents,_and_Editors|title=Past Presidents, Vice-Presidents, and Editors|publisher=Society for the Study of Social Problems|accessdate=2019-02-22}}</ref> He was also a skilled pool player, and in his retirement became an antiquarian bookseller.<ref>{{citation|url=http://www.asanet.org/sites/default/files/savvy/footnotes/nov00/departments.html|title=Ned Polsky (1928–2000)|first=Robert|last=Kahn|authorlink=Robert Louis Kahn|journal=Footnotes|date=November 2000|publisher=American Sociological Association}}</ref>

In 1968, he signed the "[[Writers and Editors War Tax Protest]]" pledge, vowing to [[tax resistance|refuse tax payments]] in protest against the [[Vietnam War]].<ref>"Writers and Editors War Tax Protest" January 30, 1968 ''[[New York Post]]''</ref>

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