Magic City Books - Chuck Klosterman Virtual Event

Magic City Books proudly welcomed Chuck Klosterman for a virtual event in celebration of his new book, THE NINETIES on February 16, 2022.

Chuck discussed the surreal experience of doing an author event from the very spot where he wrote the book and answered dozens of questions from the live audience.

THE NINETIES is available now from Magic City Books, https://bookshop.org/a/1616/978073521....

Chuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of eight nonfiction books (including Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; I Wear the Black Hat; But What If We're Wrong?; and Killing Yourself to Live), two novels ( Downtown Owl and The Visible Man), and the short story collection Raised in Captivity. He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Guardian, The Believer, Billboard, The A.V. Club, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three years, appeared as himself in the LCD Soundsystem documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons.

Praise for THE NINETIES:

"In The Nineties, Klosterman examines the social, political and cultural history of the era with his signature wit. It's a fascinating trip down memory lane." --Time

"Serving up the moments and meanings of a modern decade in a few hundred pages is no easy task, but Chuck Klosterman has managed to boil a hearty stew of insight. . . . [Klosterman is] a master of smooth setups and downbeat finishes." --USA Today

"[Klosterman is] Generation X's definitive chronicler of culture." --GQ

"[ The Nineties] attempts a comprehensive analysis of the texture of the 1990s--'the feeling of the era.' Perhaps no cultural critic is better suited for this task than Klosterman. . . . By immersing himself in the objectivity furnished by the past, Klosterman opens a critical space wherein we can consider the present." --SPIN

"Klosterman zooms in on the interplay between the titular decade's opposing generations--Generation X and Baby Boomers--and puts the era's technological transformations in their rightful historical contexts. . . . His greatest service here is his resistance to assign sharp edges where there is only an underwhelming, fuzzy consensus." --Vulture, "49 Books We Can't Wait to Read in 2022"

"Klosterman is far too ambitious to merely let readers wallow in nostalgia and instead looks at the '90s by applying the accessible style of cultural criticism that has been his brand during a career that has now spanned 12 books. The Nineties examines everything from pop culture (Ross and Rachel) to politics (Ross Perot and Ralph Nader), as well as the Information Age's age of innocence when the internet was looming out there somewhere, waiting to happen and transform society." --San Francisco Chronicle

"Wonderfully researched, compellingly written, and often very funny, this is a superb reassessment of an underappreciated decade from a stupendously gifted essayist." --Booklist (starred review)

"An entertaining journey through the last decade of the 20th century. . . . [Klosterman] brings the decade to vivid new life. . . . As in his previous books of cultural criticism, Klosterman delivers a multifaceted portrait that's both fun and insightful. A fascinating examination of a period still remembered by most, refreshingly free of unnecessary mythmaking." --Kirkus (starred review)

"There's not much missing from this delightful collection of quotes and culture from the era that most find difficult to define. . . . With humor and history (supported by articles, TV news segments, advertisements, and interviews), Klosterman's volume is the perfect guide for millennials who wear vintage t-shirts ironically. From politics to Prozac, a fascinating exploration of Generation X from the perspective of those who lived it and witnessed it. Readers will be raiding closets for mom jeans and drawers for scrunchies after reading this nostalgia-inducing book." --Library Journal (starred review)

" The Nineties is a fascinating, wholly original exploration of a bewilderingly bygone time, written by one of our wisest, wryest cultural critics. Who else could pull Quentin Tarantino, college football, and Alan Greenspan--not to mention Tiger Woods, Dick Morris, and Reality Bites--into a coherent examination of a world about to undergo a paradigm shift?" --Louisa Thomas, staff writer, The New Yorker

"This might be the book Chuck Klosterman was born to write: a witty and unpredictable history of the decade that just won't go away. From OJ to AOL to the GOP, he has a theory about everything, and a story about how all of it fits together." -- Kelefa Sanneh, author of Major Labels