This week I continue my series American Odd with an essay about “The Book of the SubGenius” by J.R. “Bob” Dobbs. Continue reading American Odd: The Book of the SubGenius, by J.R. “Bob” Dobbs
This week I write about Zippy the Pinhead for my ongoing essay series, American Odd. Are we having fun yet? Continue reading American Odd: Zippy Stories, by Bill Griffith
I continue my essay series, American Odd, with a look at the history of the American roadside attraction in Jim Heimann’s classic California Crazy and Beyond: Roadside Vernacular Architecture. Continue reading American Odd: California Crazy and Beyond: Roadside Vernacular Architecture, by Jim Heimann
As part of American Odd, my new themed essay series over at the Chicago Center for Literature and Photography, I wrote an essay on the cult classic book Kooks: A Guide to the Outer Limits of Human Belief, by Donna Kossy. In this interview, Donna Kossy and I discuss Kooks, kooks, and the educational importance of strange belief systems. Continue reading The Donna Kossy Interview
I continue my CCLaP essay series “American Odd” with “The Manson File,” by Nikolas Schreck, an anthology of poetry, prose, and art by Charles Manson. Continue reading American Odd: The Manson File, by Nikolas Schreck
This week for American Odd I write about The Cremaster Cycle by Matthew Barney. Continue reading American Odd: The Cremaster Cycle by Matthew Barney
In this installment of American Odd, I review a biography of the Mormon Prophet Joseph Smith, as told by his mother, Lucy Mack Smith. Continue reading American Odd: History of Joseph Smith by His Mother, by Lucy Mack Smith
This week I write about Robert “Believe It or Not!” Ripley in this new biography by Neal Thompson Continue reading American Odd: A Curious Man, by Neal Thompson
American Odd begins with a look at “Kooks,” by Donna Kossy, a compendium of strange systems of thought from the weirder crevices of the American Experience. Continue reading American Odd: Kooks, by Donna Kossy
What do Henry Darger, the Prophet Joseph Smith’s mother, J.R. “Bob” Dobbs, and Gilbert Sorrentino have in common? They are subjects of my new essay series, American Odd. Continue reading An Introduction to American Odd
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