Tag Archives: Popular Culture
Snowblind
by Robert Sabbag“A flat-out ballbuster. It moves like a threshing machine with a fuel tank full of ether. . . . Sabbag is a whip-song writer.” —Hunter S. Thompson…
The Record Players
by Bill BrewsterFrom the authors of Last Night a DJ Saved My Life and How to DJ Right comes the fascinating story of dance music, straight from the mouths of the legendary DJs themselves….
The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium
by Mark Dery“An exhilarating, dissonant ride . . . Dery, one of our most astute contemporary cultural critics . . . relishes his role as curator…
Pot Planet
by Brian Preston“A gimlet-eyed and often hilarious account of the author’s round-the-world reefer safari. With Britain’s downscaling of penalties for marijuana possession currently stirring up controversy,…
Nineteen Sixty-Eight in America
by Charles Kaiser“A splendidly evocative account of a historic year—a year of tumult, of trauma, and of tragedy.”—Arthur Schlesinger, Jr.
Naked at Lunch
by Mark Haskell SmithFrom naked grocery shopping to the Big Nude Boat, a comic novelist turned narrative journalist lays bare the world of the nudist.
Leisureville
by Andrew D. Blechman“Engaging . . . [Blechman] confronts the troubling trend toward isolation and escapism.” —Publishers Weekly
Last Night a DJ Saved My Life
by Bill BrewsterFreshly revised and chock-full of new, vibrant stories, Last Night a DJ Saved My Life is the “lively and . . . necessary” (New York Times…
Land of Lincoln
by Andrew Ferguson“Ferguson’s story, a fascinating collection of his reporting, is about us as much as Lincoln. It is a vibrant and consistently surprising account that…
Hold On, Honey, I’ll Take You to the Hospital at Halftime
by Norman Chad“Chad is a hilariously funny TV sports critic whose philosophy is that if something is worth doing, it’s worth doing to excess.” –Publishers Weekly
