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Chuck Klosterman is the New York Times bestselling author of Downtown Owl; Chuck Klosterman IV; Killing Yourself to Live; Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; and Fargo Rock City, winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. He is a Contributing Editor for Esquire, a regular contributor to The New York Times Magazine, and has also written for Spin, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The Believer, A.V. Club, and ESPN. Klosterman grew up on a farm near Wyndmere, North Dakota. After graduating from the University of North Dakota, he wrote for the Fargo Forum and the Akron Beacon Journal. Klosterman is published in eight territories and seven languages. Klosterman lives in New York... Read full bio

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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....
The Stranger, Seattle's Only Newspaper: Line Out, October 27, 2009
...geekery (via Punknews.org ): Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn is co-writing a script for a film adaptation of Chuck Klosterman's seminal first work Fargo Rock City along with Tom Ruprecht, a writer for the Late Show With David Letterman . The book is a...
Punknews.org, October 27, 2009
...Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn is co-writing a script for a film adaptation of Chuck Klosterman's seminal first work Fargo Rock City along with Tom Ruprecht, a writer for the Late Show With David Letterman. The book is a collection of essays about...
notPopular.com, October 27, 2009
...Hold Steady frontman Craig Finn is co-writing a script for a film adaptation of Chuck Klosterman’s seminal first work Fargo Rock City along with Tom Ruprecht, a writer for the Late Show With David Letterman . The book is a collection of essays about...
Entertainment Impact - MassLive.com, October 23, 2009
...Book review: 'Eating the Dinosaur' by Chuck Klosterman By The Associated Press October 23, 2009, 8:53PM AP Photo/Scribner "Eating the Dinosaur" by Chuck Klosterman. "Eating the Dinosaur" (Scribner, 256 pages, $25), by Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman...
flux-rad.com, October 23, 2009
...The lead singer of literate bar-rockers The Hold Steady, Craig Finn, is teaming up with a Dave Letterman writer to bring Chuck Klosermans first book to the silver screen. Finn and Tom Ruprecht will co-author the screenplay adaptation of Fargo Rock City,...
Spinner, October 23, 2009
...Print | Email More Everybody's favorite hoodrat friend Craig Finn intends to bring Chuck Klosterman 's memoir 'Fargo Rock City' to the big screen. The Hold Steady frontman has...
Blog Beat, October 22, 2009
...Chuck Klosterman's Fargo Rock City to get big-screen treatment By scottbrodeur October 22, 2009, 2:28PM The original. It's fun when unexpected parts of my pop-culture consumption collide. Fargo...
AbsolutePunk.net - News, October 22, 2009
...Ruprecht, a writer for Late Night With David Letterman, will be working on a big screen adaptation of Chuck Klosterman's Fargo Rock City...
MovieBlips - Top Movies News, Videos, and Blogs, October 22, 2009
...the coming-of-age comedy “Fargo Rock City.” The duo has ... Blog Reactions Twitch :   HOLD STEADY Front Man Adapting Chuck Klosterman's FARGO ROCK CITY :: The Playlist :: :   Hold Steady's Craig Finn...
MetaFilter, October 21, 2009
...Chuck Klosterman's new book of essays Eating The Dinosaur is out this week. You can read the first chapter, which features interviews with Ira Glass and Errol Morris. Chuck appeared...
What Ever Happened To Chris Graham?, October 20, 2009
...Chuck Klosterman has a new book out today, “Eating The Dinosaur” Try and find it used, or support your local bookstore. If you do not like to read books, maybe you...
Faux Fur and Soccer Shirts, October 19, 2009
...usual, essay-form, subject jumping style. Something I just noticed: The 2 recent post in which I referenced Chuck Klosterman are the 2 longest, and most rambling things I've ever "published" here. Is there some sub-conscious reason for...
JSYK, October 9, 2009
...told us in our exclusive interview . "Let's see what's on Emily's bedside table. We have Chuck Klosterman, which a friend got for me, which I'm really enjoying. I have a book by Robert Fulghum. I'm reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein again, and I'm...
Largehearted Boy, October 1, 2009
...Page | Book Notes - Curtis White ("My Goat Ate Its Own Legs") » October 1, 2009 Shorties (Chuck Klosterman, The Mountain Goats, and more) At MN Daily , one of the catering staff at Chuck Klosterman's recent wedding recounts the experience. My...
Suffice it to Say..., September 29, 2009
...of You and Me , Ann Brashares Feathers , Jacqueline Woodson Something Borrowed , Emily Griffin Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs , Chuck Klosterman Converting Kate , Beckie Weinheimer The Song of the Innocent Bystander , Ian Bone Easter Rising , Michael...
DJWriter, September 25, 2009
... A Tale of Two Critics Two of my favorite pop culture critics are Chuck Klosterman and Joe Queenan. I read books from both this month. Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman - This is a collection...
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, September 15, 2009
...same question: " What's your favorite Swayze movie? " They received answers from many writerly types, including Chuck Klosterman , Emmylou Harris , and Malcolm Gladwell . Now, they've collected all the answers in a single post. Here's more from the...
The Collective, September 10, 2009
...aught-nine), and subsequently reviewed at Collective favorite, Goodreads . Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman , and boy howdy did I ever go on and on about this one. In Klosterman I found a new drinking buddy,...
M.G. Wood 's MySpace Blog, August 21, 2009
...on how to cleanse your literary soul. Okay, I am finally reading Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs by Chuck Klosterman.  Are ya happy, now? After years of avoiding Chuck Klosterman, I succumbed; my change of heart came about partly because I saw an interview...
JSYK, August 20, 2009
...tells JSYK in an exclusive interview. "Let's see what's on Emily's bedside table. We have Chuck Klosterman, which a friend got for me, which I'm really enjoying. I have a book by Robert Fulghum. I'm reading Mary Shelley's Frankenstein again, and I'm...
On your left..., August 5, 2009
...a Hat pretty fast it was time to start looking for another one. I've wanted to read Chuck Klosterman so I went to the library to see what they had. The librarian has been the same hag forever, she was the one who 12 years ago kept you...
nerdiest-kids.com, June 16, 2009
...Max Brooks The Alphabet of Manliness by Maddox Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto by Chuck Klosterman...
BrontëBlog, June 11, 2009
...to Wuthering Heights, I've been reading Bob Dylan's memoirs and semi-philosophical, semi-believable pop culture commentary from Chuck Klosterman. Turns out reading is fun "" you just need to find your niche. I'd suggest trying it this summer. ( Josh...
Literary License (short reviews, real opinions), June 1, 2009
...five years ago. The confusion was perfectly represented in the speakers chosen for Thursday night’s keynote address. Chuck Klosterman (a bona fide author) first interviewed Clarence Clemons, the legendary saxophonist of the E Street Band, about his...
Awesomed By Comics, May 29, 2009
...lovely party last night, which I went to after covering the BEA keynote—a discussion between music/sports writer/novelist Chuck Klosterman and E-Street Band saxophonist Clarence Clemons, followed by a discussion between Klosterman and Aerosmith...
books i done read, April 13, 2009
...to finish it because I AM THAT PERSON. Way too touchy-feely-emotion-talky for me. . Three caterpillars. . Downtown Owl - Chuck Klosterman . Oh Chuck, your non-fiction is so everything-I-want-to-be-in-life, but your fiction is...
The Archaeology of the Mediterranean World, April 1, 2009
...links.  This year the theme is Wit and the featured authors include University of North Dakota alumnus Chuck Klosterman. So if you are trapped in the Grand Forks area by weather or just happen to live here, go and check out a panel...
mediabistro.com: GalleyCat, March 6, 2009
...Christian readers, many of them adding more books to an eclectic, secular reading list that embraces everybody from Chuck Klosterman to Flannery O'Connor . Here's an excerpt: "Christian hipsters tend not to like contemporary Christian music (CCM), or...
Colin Foote Burch, March 3, 2009
...C.S. Lewis, G.K. Chesterton, Henri Nouwen, Soren Kierkegaard, Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, Annie Dillard, Marilynne Robison, Chuck Klosterman, David Sedaris, or anything ancient and/or philosophically important. Christian hipsters love thinking and acting...
1938 Media, February 19, 2009
...Chuck Klosterman is a cool writer. Click here to view the embedded video...
Campaign for the American Reader, February 17, 2009
...Tuesday, February 17, 2009 Most important books: Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman, Esquire columnist and author of the novel Downtown Owl , named his most important books for Newsweek . And addressed a couple of related issues: A classic book that...
PowerPop, February 17, 2009
...20 Acts in 60 Minutes . Reading from his book, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto , Chuck Klosterman recounts a conversation he had at a party, where at one point he suddenly found it necessary to mention that Journey was rock's version...
alan news, February 12, 2009
...A funny and burn their way into our thing happened on Oct. 4, moments brains. Citing scientific after Chuck Klosterman was research and showing a blazing introduced to 175 or so devoted cover of the 1950s comic book fans at BookPeople: The "Journey Into...
Antiquiet, February 5, 2009
...I was reading an essay by Chuck Klosterman the other day that was about Gene Simmons recording a song with Bob Dylan , and how that signified the logical conclusion of rock and roll. When the most commercial...
Right in a Left World, February 5, 2009
...endorses him in the run, should he make it. The Independent links to an interview of Kilmer by Chuck Klosterman for Esquire, published in July 2005. This exchange ought to rile any honest hearted American, especially my fellow Viet Nam Veterans. You just...
kamari, February 3, 2009
...Turn up Similar Products On Amazon.com Pearl Cove Chibi Vampire Volume 4) Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle Volume 2 Chuck Klosterman IV A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas Getting Organized Learning How to Focus Organize and Prioritize You need to...
book tards unite, January 21, 2009
...by Dean Koontz Surprisingly good novel with enough WTF moments to keep the momentum going ( my review ) 2) Chuck Klosterman IV: Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas by Chuck Klosterman Book of Klosterman's articles through the years mixed with...
Daily Intel, January 6, 2009
...are a Hunter. If your publicist could get through it, you are more like a Jack Kerouac. 3. Chuck Klosterman: If you write about pop culture, and the peoples of pop culture, and you're not visibly sexy in your jacket photo, you're a Chuck. 2. Dave Eggers...
Literary Kicks, January 4, 2009
...The Red Convertible with her usual flair. I hoped to see a positive review of fun rock critic Chuck Klosterman’s first novel Downtown Owl , and one imagines that Peter Meehan hoped to write one, but had to tell the truth instead. I also had trouble...
Largehearted Boy, January 4, 2009
...and feel like you're sharing an art, if you will, and ideas. The New York Times reviews Chuck Klosterman's debut novel, Downtown Owl . It feels so Chuck Klosterman to say so, but the problem with Klosterman’s first novel, “Downtown Owl,” is that...
Albion Williams's Blog, January 3, 2009
...and feel like you’re sharing an art, if you will, and ideas. The New York Times reviews Chuck Klosterman’s debut novel, Downtown Owl . It feels so Chuck Klosterman to say so, but the problem with Klosterman’s first novel, “Downtown Owl,” is...
kolby, December 15, 2008
...the Limits A Woman’s Triumph on Everest Some Lie and Some Die Merriam Webster’s Rhyming Dictionary Chuck Klosterman IV A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas You need to know that Listening to Cougar is an astounding product! I love my...
Omnivoracious, December 11, 2008
...I'd love to hear what you think should be on this list from her. Downtown Owl by Chuck Klosterman: You could go with one of the globetrotting pop-culture collections the Wyndmere, N.D., raised Klosterman is known for, or for his debut memoir, Fargo Rock...
Auj's Blog, November 21, 2008
...Hawke 3.        The Doctor’s wife by Elizabeth Brundage 4.        Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa puffs by chuck Klosterman 5.        Empire Falls by Richard Russo 6.        The Season of Passage by Christopher Pike I am super excited to...