NewYorkPress, October 28, 2009
...It's been a good month for
Chuck Klosterman. Just as the writer's latest collection of essays, Eating the Dinosaur, is hitting bookstores and Hollywood has come a-knockin' to adapt Fargo Rock City, his 2001 memoir about...
Sound Money, October 26, 2009
...In his new book, "Eating The Dinosaur," author
Chuck Klosterman covers everything from America's relationship with Abba to why laugh tracks are offensive. He talks to Kai Ryssdal about the art and business of publishing...
Paste Magazine, October 26, 2009
...Late Show with David Letterman writer Tom Ruprecht and The Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn plan to adapt
Chuck Klosterman’s Fargo Rock City to film, The Hollywood Reporter announced last week. The writer’s 1991 memoir describes growing up as a...
MassLive, October 23, 2009
...
Chuck Klosterman has a a lot of theories. But do they hold any water? AP Photo/Scribner "Eating the Dinosaur" by
Chuck Klosterman. "Eating the Dinosaur" (Scribner, 256 pages, $25), by Chuck...
San Francisco Examiner, October 23, 2009
..."Eating the Dinosaur" (Scribner, 256 pages, $25), by
Chuck Klosterman:
Chuck Klosterman has a theory. A lot of them, actually. He has a theory about why grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain was like the late cult leader David Koresh...
Macleans Online, October 23, 2009
..."Eating the Dinosaur" By
Chuck Klosterman (Scribner)
Chuck Klosterman has a theory. A lot of them, actually. He has a theory about why grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain was like the late cult leader David...
Yahoo! News, October 23, 2009
..."Eating the Dinosaur" (Scribner, 256 pages, $25), by
Chuck Klosterman:
Chuck Klosterman has a theory. A lot of them, actually. He has a theory about why grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain was like the late cult leader David Koresh...
Miami Herald, October 23, 2009
..."Eating the Dinosaur" (Scribner, 256 pages, $25), by
Chuck Klosterman:
Chuck Klosterman has a theory. A lot of them, actually. He has a theory about why grunge rock icon Kurt Cobain was like the late cult leader David Koresh...
MassLive, October 22, 2009
...Tom Ruprecht. The original. It's fun when unexpected parts of my pop-culture consumption collide. Fargo Rock City ,
Chuck Klosterman's fun coming-of-age book about growing up a lonely heavy metal fan in rural North Dakota, has been optioned for...
National Post, October 19, 2009
...on their sites. Kidding. The Times Literary Supplement looks at Finally, two juicy excerpts: Stuart Hample talks about
Chuck Klosterman waxes rhapsodic about...
The Onion AV Club, October 16, 2009
...when in the drive you want to hear it? part is crucial to these suggestions: I was rereading
Chuck Klosterman?s Killing Yourself To Live the first time I made the 20-hours-plus drive from southeastern Michigan to Austin, and under the influence of...
Georgetown Voice, October 15, 2009
...reading level. But what happens after a gimmick is accepted and praised, when it becomes trite and predictable?
Chuck Klosterman tackles the problem in his newest collection of essays, Eating the Dinosaur, out October 20 through Scribner Publishing....
Marquette Tribune, September 29, 2009
...friend?s room for a book. I wanted to detox. I needed to read. I walked out with
Chuck Klosterman?s ?Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story. It was the best book I could have grabbed at random. Ironically, the man who knows everything right...
Paste Magazine, September 21, 2009
...K. Rowling Here Comes Everybody by Clay Shirky John Adams by David McCullough Killing Yourself to Live by
Chuck Klosterman Let?s Talk about Love: a Journey to the end of Taste by Carl Wilson Life of Pi by Yann Martel Me Talk Pretty one Day by David...
Georgian, August 18, 2009
...Forever by Teri Agins; Frankly My Dear: Gone With the Wind revisited by Molly Haskell; Downtown Owl by
Chuck Klosterman, and; Armageddon in Retrospect By Kurt Vonnegut. The Shock Doctrine is a good read for anyone interested in world economics, a bit of...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, July 26, 2009
... by
Chuck Klosterman Essay collection sparkles with humorous cultural commentary. With his essays and autobiographical narratives,
Chuck Klosterman has solidified his position as the most adroit pop culture writer working today. His...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, July 1, 2009
... by
Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman has created another intelligent, witty, and entertaining masterpiece in
Chuck Klosterman is one of the most entertaining, thought provoking rock essayists to read today. His vast knowledge...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, June 19, 2009
...Home: Book Reviews : Humor :
Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas Buy the Book: Compilation of fact and fiction never flags in spite of stylistic hiccups Critic and columnist
Chuck Klosterman...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, June 16, 2009
... by
Chuck Klosterman Compilation of fact and fiction never flags in spite of stylistic hiccups Critic and columnist
Chuck Klosterman has become one of the most celebrated cultural commentators of the new...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, June 10, 2009
... by
Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman's encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture has led to another thought-provoking and witty book. With every turn of the page, Klosterman's 'Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs...
TheCelebrityCafe.com, June 9, 2009
... by
Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman's 'IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas' for an insightful criticism of pop culture. If you're in the mood for a pop culture...
New York Magazine, May 30, 2009
...and publishers waited through a half-hour delay, they tapped their loafers to music from Aerosmith and Bruce Springsteen.
Chuck Klosterman had the honor of interviewing both the opening act ? E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons and Don Reo, the...
Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2009
...the opening night of Book Expo America, and they didn?t disappoint. Both rockers, who were interviewed by
Chuck Klosterman, have memoirs coming out in the fall -- ?Big Man: Real Life and Tall Tales? from Clemons and co-author Don Reo, and the...
Suite101.com, May 16, 2009
...& Literature » Lifestyle/Pop Culture Books » Humorous Writing/Books » Book Review ? Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Chuck Klosterman's Feeble Attempt to Make Pop Culture Matter © Ryan Werner Despite being spoken of as the voice of an ironic, postmodern...
Bismarck Tribune, May 10, 2009
...proceeds to sit us down around the campfire and entertain us for hours. Memoirs by Dave Eggers and
Chuck Klosterman are examples of this; even Benjamin Franklin's voice is front and center in his autobiography. Horan, however, is still searching for her...
The Rock Radio, May 3, 2009
...and E Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons, who has also written a book, will be interviewed by author
Chuck Klosterman. Aerosmith will hit the road next month with ZZ Top for a two-month North American trek, before returning to the studio later in...
Creative Loafing, April 29, 2009
...some money for the laundry ($30), a lawyer ($250), and 'asvings' ($100). The combination is too much for
Chuck Klosterman, who suspects the list is a figment of imagination, a 'dream lost bohemian, fascinating to all.' Who, in reality, could smoke...
Chicago Tribune, April 14, 2009
...high school where laid-back Mitch Hrlicka plays football and worries about being normal in a quirky town. From
Chuck Klosterman's 'Downtown Owl...
Time Out Hong Kong, April 1, 2009
...that?s been made ad infinitum, and done elsewhere with much more art and novelty than demonstrated here.
Chuck Klosterman, whose emulation Kavon has butchered, wrote a witty and insightful manifesto on our generation?s moral atrophy (Sex, Drugs and...
U-Wire.com, March 24, 2009
...a degree of insight and craft. That said, there are essayists who get it right. David Sedaris and
Chuck Klosterman, for instance, begin many of their essays with personal anecdotes, but then move on to a larger point about society, music or...
U-Wire.com, March 21, 2009
...Source: Sidelines, Middle Tennessee State U. Critically acclaimed author and pop culture critic
Chuck Klosterman lectured at Middle Tennessee State University Tuesday about his career and the way popular culture shapes people's lives. Klosterman drew...
Sidelines, March 19, 2009
... Critically acclaimed author and pop culture critic
Chuck Klosterman lectured at MTSU Tuesday about his career and the way popular culture shapes people's lives. Klosterman drew a crowd of more than 400, forcing some attendees to sit...
Sidelines, March 16, 2009
... Pop journalist
Chuck Klosterman is scheduled to deliver his lecture 'Life Through the Prism of Pop Culture' tomorrow in Room 221 of the Learning Resource Center at 1 p.m. In his lecture...
Honolulu Advertiser, February 27, 2009
...Tacoma, Philadelphia, Atlanta, L.A.) was analyzed nearly 30 years later in 2005 by premier pop culture writer
Chuck Klosterman in his best-selling book 'Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story.' The book is supposed to be about Klosterman's...
stuff.co.nz, February 23, 2009
...few moments. Lester Bangsgoing 12 rounds with Lou Reed â?? check out this book â?? is worth reading.
Chuck Klosterman perfectly assessing the Britney Spears phenomenon is one of the best single pieces Iâ??ve ever read (check this...
Rockford Register Star, January 24, 2009
...a heavy dose of popular culture this week from one of the subjects most famous spokesmen. Best-selling author
Chuck Klosterman will be at Rockford College on Thursday to present Life Through the Prism of Pop Culture, a discussion of celebrity and the...
Los Angeles Times, January 15, 2009
...of ways: on a T-shirt. One enterprising anti-abuse organization, Protect.org, has gotten the OK from Nick Hornby,
Chuck Klosterman, The T-shirts -- which they call Novel-Tees -- are all wonderful, but I wish there were more. For no particular reason, my...
London Free Press, January 3, 2009
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, January 3, 2009
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
Orlando Sentinel, January 2, 2009
...karaoke that you might expect from a former Spin writer, but there's reverence here too. Like essayist
Chuck Klosterman (whose blurb is prominent on the cover), Raftery is an unabashed nerd, and his thesis is that karaoke has helped people like him rise...
London Free Press, December 28, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, December 28, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, December 28, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, December 21, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, December 21, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, December 21, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, December 14, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, December 14, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, December 14, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
Winona Daily News, December 11, 2008
...of his recommendations can be found on www.npr.org. Livingston?s three picks are: ?Downtown Owl? by
Chuck Klosterman, ?So Brave, Young and Handsome? by Leif Enger and ?A Splintered History of Wood? by Spike Carlsen. When choosing books as a...
London Free Press, December 6, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, November 23, 2008
...falls short. REVIEW: Extraordinary inner lives of ordinary people(Nov. 22, 2008) Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of...
London Free Press, November 23, 2008
...year's award, Winnipeg writer David Bergen's talent often falls short. Pop culture guru and gonzo philosopher
Chuck Klosterman goes home in his first foray into fiction, mining the tundra of North Dakota for an endearingly oddball cast of characters....