Name: The Freaks Came Out to Write:The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture
Brand: Tricia Romano

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9781541736399

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Hardback

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Limited edition

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2024-02-27

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Harpe­r Col­lins

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Tricia Romano

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New York Books

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Public Affairs

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A rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legendary writers, editors, and photographers.

You either were there or you wanted to be. A defining New York City institution co-founded by Norman Mailer,&nbsp;TheVillageVoice&nbsp;was the first newspaper to cover hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, and Off-Broadway with gravitas. It reported on the AIDS crisis with urgency and seriousness when other papers dismissed it as a gay disease. In 1979, the&nbsp;Voice’s Wayne Barrett uncovered Donald Trump as a corrupt con artist before anyone else was paying attention. It invented new forms of criticism and storytelling and revolutionized journalism, spawning hundreds of copycats.&nbsp;With more than 200 interviews, including two-time Pulitzer Prize winner, Colson Whitehead, cultural critic Greg Tate, gossip columnist Michael Musto, and feminist writers Vivian Gornick and Susan Brownmiller,&nbsp;former&nbsp;Voice&nbsp;writer&nbsp;Tricia Romano&nbsp;pays homage to the paper that saved NYC landmarks from destruction and exposed corrupt landlords and judges. With interviews featuring post-punk band, Blondie, sportscaster Bob Costas, and drummer Max Weinberg, of Bruce Springsteen’s E Street Band, in this definitive oral history, Romano&nbsp;tells the story of journalism, New York City and American culture—and the most famous alt-weekly of all time.

The Freaks Came Out to Write:The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

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