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Popular Culture September 2018
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| Just a Shot Away: Peace, Love, and Tragedy with the Rolling Stones at Altamont by Saul AusterlitzWhat it's about: the ill-fated Rolling Stones concert at the 1969 Altamont Speedway Free Festival, in which Meredith Hunter, an 18-year-old African American attendee, was killed by Hells Angels security forces.
Don't miss: Saul Austerlitz's poignant tribute to Hunter includes interviews with surviving family members.
Further reading: Joel Selvin's Altamont: The Rolling Stones, the Hells Angels, and the Inside Story of Rock's Darkest Day. |
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| You're on an Airplane: A Self-Mythologizing Memoir by Parker PoseyWhat it is: the quirky debut memoir from "Queen of Indie Film" Parker Posey, best known for her roles in Christopher Guest mockumentaries.
What's inside: family recipes, handmade photo collages, showbiz anecdotes, and advice from Posey's therapist.
Want a taste? "I'm not great at being a movie star. It's either too boring or too much work." |
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The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library
by Daily Show With Trevor Noah
In June 2017, just steps from Trump Tower in midtown Manhattan, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah opened The Donald J. Trump Presidential Twitter Library, a 4,000-square-foot museum space that gave the 45th president and his amazing Twitter legacy the respect they deserve. In the single weekend it was open to the public, the Library pop-up drew 7,500 visitors and had to turn away countless others.
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Strange stars : David Bowie, pop music, and the decade sci-fi exploded
by Jason Heller
A Hugo Award-winning author and music journalist revisits a time of unparalleled creativity as the sci-fi world collides with the rock ‘n’ roll world of the 1970s, presenting a whole generation of revered musicians as the sci-fi obsessed conjurers they really were.
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All the pieces matter : the inside story of The wire
by Jonathan P. D. Abrams
A definitive oral history of the iconic HBO crime drama features interviews with the production's actors, writers and directors and provides exclusive, behind-the-scenes takes on how the show was created, how it addressed major world issues and how it is establishing an influential legacy. By the award-winning author of Boys Among Men. TV tie-in.
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Superfans : into the heart of obsessive sports fandom
by George Dohrmann
The Sports Illustrated writer and Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Play Their Hearts Out draws on cutting-edge sports psychology in an immersive assessment of American sports fandom that is based on his visits with fans from diverse walks of life.
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You Have the Right to Remain Fat
by Virgie Tovar
Growing up as a fat girl, Virgie Tovar believed that her body was something to be fixed. But after two decades of dieting and constant guilt, she was over it―and gave herself the freedom to trust her own body again. Ever since, she’s been helping others to do the same. Tovar is hungry for a world where bodies are valued equally, food is free from moral judgment, and you can jiggle through life with respect. In concise and candid language, she delves into unlearning fatphobia, dismantling sexist notions of fashion, and how to reject diet culture’s greatest lie: that fat people need to wait before beginning their best lives.
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The opposite of hate : a field guide to repairing our humanity
by Sally Kohn
"Television commentator Sally Kohn talks to leading scientists and researchers to investigate the evolutionary and cultural roots of hate, and confronts her own shameful moments and points the way toward change with the hopeful message that we all have the capacity to combat hate"
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