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Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman is the New York Times bestselling author of seven previous books, including Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; Eating the Dinosaur; Killing Yourself to Live; and The Visible Man. His debut book, Fargo Rock City, was the winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. He has written for GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Believer, and The Onion A.V. Club. He currently serves as “The Ethicist” for the New York Times Magazine and writes about sports and popular culture for ESPN.

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I Wear the Black Hat will be released on July 09, 2013 in Hardcover, Audio Download, eBook
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What's the next book 'Twilight' author Stephenie Meyer should write?
USA Today, April 17, 2013
...soccer moms who make up her Twihard ranks? Or even tackling modern issues like Internet addiction or overpopulation? Chuck Klosterman, eat your heart out. Fantasy:Then again, why take Meyer away from the sweeping epics she's so good at? Especially if...
The Ode: In praise of a bricks-and-mortar haven for...
The Grid, March 27, 2013
...reflecting on books bought or browsed, or how doing so sparked a memorable debate over the merits of Chuck Klosterman versus Greil Marcus (Marcus, obviously). These memories speak to what made Nicholas Hoare exceptional: It’s a place where escape and...
The Tucson Weekly Incomplete Guide to Some of What We'd Recommend Doing at the Festival of Books
Tucson Weekly, March 7, 2013
...have a last-minute taco fest with the OC Weekly editor and author. Watch our Facebook page for updates. Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman: American Popular CultureSaturday, 1 p.m. UA Mall Tent Chuck Klosterman in Conversation with Mike SagerSaturday,...
Louisville Writer Bonnie McCafferty has died
Ace Weekly, February 25, 2013
...Thompson thrown in — a narrative journalism/essay style that would later make wild successes of David Sedaris and Chuck Klosterman. In an Ace Christmas essay in December 1994, she wrote a Holiday Guide to Ill-Advised Gifts: For Senator Mitch...
Library book clubs edgier, more social
Elmwood Park Leaves, February 20, 2013
...of the books the club has read are Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman, The Tropic of Cancer by Henry Miller and The Snow Child by Eowyn Ivey. For the Feb. 26 meeting, the book selection is Dog Stars by Peter Heller. ...
David Shields' How Literature Saved My Life Successfully Murders the Novel
Village Voice, February 6, 2013
...of a new form—one that didn't distinguish between nonfiction and fiction, memoir and narrative, authenticity and plagiarism. Chuck Klosterman said it "might be the most intense, thought-accelerating book of the last 10 years." Jonathan Safran Foer...
Essential Rock and Roll Literature For Budding Music Writers
Houston Press, January 17, 2013
...fellow nerds' leftovers. Rolling Stone, Nick Kent and Lester Bangs compilations, stuff like that. A healthy dose of Chuck Klosterman ushered me along the path too. I still owe my local library a chunk of change for "relieving them" of a cool Stones...
Lance And Lennay Week: 5 Brands That Got Hurt
The Media Briefing, January 18, 2013
...brands in purgatory. Mentioned Topics NBC Universal, Oprah Winfrey, Twitter, Gene Wojciechowski, Manti Teʻo, National Football League, ESPN, Chuck Klosterman, Nancy Kerrigan Share TheMediaBriefing Newsletters Get the best of TheMediaBriefing...
Lance And Lennay Week: 5 Brands That Got Hurt
Adweek Online, January 18, 2013
...role in a false story that wrongfully captured the hearts of millions of sports fans. As Grantland writer Chuck Klosterman suggests, Te'o's story is probably the most bizarre/unnerving sports tale since Olympic skater Tanya Harding tried to mercilessly...
Lance And Lennay Week: 5 Brands That Got Hurt
Adweek Online, January 18, 2013
...role in a false story that wrongfully captured the hearts of millions of sports fans. As Grantland writer Chuck Klosterman suggests, Te'o's story is probably the most bizarre/unnerving sports tale since Olympic skater Tanya Harding tried to mercilessly...
Why I'm Glad I'm Not a Sportswriter
Memphis Flyer, January 18, 2013
...covering Armstrong, Gail Collins on Armstrong, Rob Moseley on Kelly leaving Oregon for Philadelphia, and Malcolm Gladwell and Chuck Klosterman on Te'o and the online girlfriend hoax. All I can say is, wow. And whew. One of the toughest assignments in...
Much to His Chagrin
Dartmouth College The Dartmouth, January 18, 2013
...of motivation to fact-check the personal background stories of athletes. Freelance writer and New York Times Magazine columnist Chuck Klosterman said the situation as a simple matter of priorities. “There was no reason not to accept it, simply...
SPORTS: Much to His Chagrin
Dartmouth College The Dartmouth, January 18, 2013
...of motivation to fact-check the personal background stories of athletes. Freelance writer and New York Times Magazine columnist Chuck Klosterman said the situation as a simple matter of priorities. “There was no reason not to accept it, simply...
'Hot Tub Time Machine' Sequel: Where (Or WHEN) Can...
92.9 WLMI, January 17, 2013
...John Cusack made a living embarking upon ski vacations and passion-fueled romances. In 2010, the man to whom Chuck Klosterman once assigned the downfall of American society took that voyage again, parodying '80s cinema in the sci-fi/comedy Hot Tub Time...