Chuck Klosterman
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New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman asks questions that are profound in their simplicity: How certain are we about our understanding of gravity? How certain are we about our understanding of time? What will be the defining memory of rock music, five hundred years from today? How seriously should we view the content of our dreams? How seriously should we view the content of television? Are all sports destined for extinction? Is...
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New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman has gained a devoted following for deft cultural analysis that blends humor, imagination, and introspection. In I Wear the Black Hat, he delves into pop culture's need for both villains and villainy, asking why we are so obsessed with bad people. From Darth Vader to O.J. Simpson and controversial figures like Bill Clinton and Bernhard Goetz, Klosterman delivers keen observations on our fascination
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Coming off the breakthrough success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Killing Yourself to Live, bestselling pop culture guru Chuck Klosterman assembles his best work previously unavailable in book form—including the groundbreaking 1996 piece about his chicken McNuggets experiment, his uncensored profile of Britney Spears, and a previously unpublished short story—all recontextualized in Chuck's unique voice with new intros,...
4) The Nineties
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"Essays about 1990s popular culture, politics, sports, literature, music"-- It was long ago, but not as long as it seems: The Berlin Wall fell and the Twin Towers collapsed. In between, one presidential election was allegedly decided by Ross Perot while another was plausibly decided by Ralph Nader. In the beginning, almost every name and address was listed in a phone book, and everyone answered their landlines because you didn't know who it was. By...