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Charles John Klosterman (; born June 5, 1972) is an American author and essayist whose work focuses on American popular culture. He has been a columnist for Esquire and ESPN.com and wrote "The Ethicist" column for The New York Times Magazine. Klosterman is the author of twelve books, including two novels and the essay collection Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto. He was awarded the ASCAP Deems Taylor award for music criticism in 2002. Early life Klosterman was born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, the youngest of seven children of Florence and William Klosterman. He is of German and Polish descent. He grew up on a farm in nearby Wyndmere, North Dakota, and was raised Roman Catholic. He graduated from Wyndmere High School in 1990 and from the University of North Dakota in 1994. Career After college, Klosterman was a journalist in Fargo, North Dakota, and later a reporter and arts critic for the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio, before moving to New York City in 2002. From 2002 to 2006, Klosterman was a senior writer and columnist for Spin. He has written for GQ, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, The Guardian, and The Washington Post. His magazine work has been anthologized in Da Capo Press's Best Music Writing, Best American Travel Writing, and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. Though initially recognized for his rock writing, Klosterman has written extensively about sports and began contributing articles to ESPN's Page 2 on November 8, 2005.In 2008, Klosterman spent the summer as the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the Leipzig University's Institute for American Studies in Germany.Klosterman was an original member of Grantland, a now-defunct sports and pop culture web site owned by ESPN and founded by Bill Simmons. Klosterman was a consulting editor. In 2020, he co-hosted a podcast titled "Music Exists" with Chris Ryan as part of The Ringer podcast network. He also appeared as an animated version of himself in several episodes of the Adult Swim web feature Carl's Stone Cold Lock of the Century of the Week, to discuss the week's football games and to sometimes try to promote his latest book (Carl cuts him off each time). In one episode, Carl recites a list of facts and Klosterman asks "Is this, perhaps, from Wikipedia?"In 2012, Klosterman appeared in the documentary Shut Up and Play the Hits about musical group LCD Soundsystem; Klosterman's extended interview with the group's frontman James Murphy "forms the...backbone of the film".His eighth book, titled I Wear the Black Hat, was published in 2013. It focuses on the paradox of villainy within a heavily mediated culture. In 2015, Klosterman appeared on episodes 6 and 7 of the first season of IFC show Documentary Now! as a music critic for the fictional band The Blue Jean Committee. His best-selling ninth book, But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past, was published June 7, 2016. It visualizes the contemporary world as it will appear in the future to those who will perceive it as the distant past.In 2021, Klosterman appeared on the podcast Storybound, backed by an original Storybound remix with Portico Quartet.His 12th book, The Nineties, debuted at No. 2 on The New York Times nonfiction bestseller list on February 27, 2022. Personal life In 2009, Klosterman married journalist Melissa Maerz. They have two children. Books Klosterman is the author of 12 books and two sets of cards. Non-fiction Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural Nörth Daköta (2001), a humorous memoir/history on the phenomenon of glam metal Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story (2005), a road narrative focused on the relationship between rock music, mortality, and romantic love I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined) (2013) But What If We're Wrong? Thinking About the Present As If It Were the Past (2016) The Nineties (2022)Essay collections Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto (2003), a best-selling collection of original pop culture essays Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas (2006), a collection of articles, previously published columns, and a semi-autobiographical novella Eating the Dinosaur (2009), an original collection of essays on media, technology, celebrity, and perception Chuck Klosterman X: A Highly Specific, Defiantly Incomplete History of the Early 21st Century (2017), a collection of previously published essays and featuresFiction Downtown Owl: A Novel (2008), a novel describing life in the fictional town of Owl, North Dakota The Visible Man: A Novel (2011), a novel about a man who uses invisibility to observe others Raised in Captivity (2019), a collection of 34 essayistic short stories, described as "fictional nonfiction" Card sets HYPERtheticals: 50 Questions for Insane Conversations (2010), a set of 50 cards featuring hypothetical questions SUPERtheticals: 50 Questions for Strange Conversations (2020), another set of 50 cards featuring hypothetical questionsReferences External links Chuck Klosterman at Simon & Schuster Chuck Klosterman at IMDb. 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Summary of The Nineties a book By Chuck Klosterman
Justin ReeseDISCLAIMERThis is NOT the original Chuck Klosterman'sThis is a wellDetailed Summary of The Nineties a book By Chuck KlostermanChuck Klosterman's In The Nineties is a wise and funny...
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Being Zack Morris
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Film and Television, this essay is ...
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Cultural Betrayal
Chuck KlostermanPop culture guru Chuck Klosterman's assembly of his best work from Esquire, GQ, Spin, The New York Times Magazine, and newpapers around the countryincluding such hardtofind treasur...
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Chuck Klosterman on Sports
Chuck KlostermanFrom Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; Chuck Klosterman IV; and Eating the Dinosaur, these essays are now available in this ebook collection for fans, in particular, of Klosterman’s spo...
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The Karl Marx of the Hardwood
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Sports, this essay is about Steve Nash.
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The American Radiohead
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Pop, this essay is about Jeff Tweedy.
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The Nineties
Chuck KlostermanAn instant New York Times bestseller!From the bestselling author of But What if We’re Wrong, a wise and funny reckoning with the decade that gave us slacker/grunge irony about...
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The Led Zeppelin Essays
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Rock, this essay is about Led Zeppelin.
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Chuck Klosterman X
Chuck KlostermanNew York Timesbestselling author and cultural critic Chuck Klosterman sorts through the past decade and how we got to now.Chuck Klosterman has created an incomparable body of work ...
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Something That May Shock and Discredit You
Daniel M. Lavery“One of our smartest, most inventive humor writers, Ortberg combines bathos and the devotional into a revelation.” Jordy Rosenberg, The New York Times Book ReviewFrom the New York ...
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FAIL
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Eating the Dinosaur and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture, this essay is ...
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Chuck Klosterman on Pop
Chuck KlostermanFrom Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; Chuck Klosterman IV; and Eating the Dinosaur, these essays are now available in this ebook collection for fans of Klosterman’s writing on ...
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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Chuck KlostermanOver half a million copies sold! From the author of the highly acclaimed heavy metal memoir, Fargo Rock City, comes another hilarious and discerning take on massively popular cultu...
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Chuck Klosterman on Film and Television
Chuck KlostermanFrom Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; Chuck Klosterman IV; and Eating the Dinosaur, these essays are now available in this ebook collection for fans of Klosterman’s writing on fil...
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Through a Glass, Blindly
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Eating the Dinosaur and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society, this essay is about voy...
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The Visible Man
Chuck KlostermanNew York Times bestselling author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Downtown Owl, “the Ethicist” of the New York Times Magazine, Chuck Klosterman returns to fiction with his secon...
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Moby Dyke
Krista BurtonA former Rookie contributor and creator of the popular blog Effing Dykes investigates the disappearance of America’s lesbian bars by visiting the last few in existence.Lesbian bars...
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Killing Yourself to Live
Chuck KlostermanBuilding on the national bestselling success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, preeminent pop culture writer Chuck Klosterman unleashes his best book yetthe story of his crosscountry...
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Toby over Moby
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Pop, this essay is about popular co...
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Sulking with Lisa Loeb on the Ice Planet Hoth
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Film and Television, this essay is ...
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ABBA 1, World 0
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Eating the Dinosaur and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Pop, this essay is about ABBA.
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Band on the Couch
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Rock, this essay is about Metallica.
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Chuck Klosterman IV
Chuck KlostermanComing off the breakthrough success of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and Killing Yourself to Live, bestselling pop culture guru Chuck Klosterman assembles his best work previously un...
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Three Stories Involving Pants
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society, this essay is about clo...
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Bending Spoons with Britney Spears
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Pop, this essay is about Britney Spears.
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Chuck Klosterman on Rock
Chuck KlostermanFrom Fargo Rock City; Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; Chuck Klosterman IV; and Eating the Dinosaur, these essays are now available in this ebook collection for fans of Klosterman’s wr...
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I Wear the Black Hat
Chuck KlostermanOneofakind cultural critic and New York Times bestselling author Chuck Klosterman “offers up great facts, interesting cultural insights, and thoughtprovoking moral calculations in ...
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Certain Rock Bands You Probably Like
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Pop, this essay is about underrated and ove...
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Zombie Spaceship Wasteland
Patton OswaltPrepare yourself for a journey through the world of Patton Oswalt, one of the most creative, insightful, and hysterical voices on the entertainment scene today. Widely known for h...
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The Amazing McNugget Diet
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society, this essay is about Chi...
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This Is Zodiac Speaking
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture, this essay is ab...
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I Love My Computer Because My Friends Live in It
Jess Kimball Leslie"Get off your phone and read Jess Kimball Leslie's funny book!" Andy Cohen, host of Bravo's Watch What Happens LiveILove My Computer Because My Friends Live in it is a hilarious m...
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Perfect from Now On
John SellersTOP FIVE MUSICAL THINGS I HOPE HAPPEN NOW THAT THE ORIGINAL LINEUPS OF THE PIXIES AND DINOSAUR JR. HAVE REUNITED 1. Ian Curtis is resurrected. 2. The Smiths reunite for a private...
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Chuck Klosterman and Philosophy
Seth VannattaSince he burst on the world with his heavymetal memoir Fargo Rock City in 2001, Chuck Klosterman has been one of the most successful novelists and essayists in America. His collect...
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Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture
Chuck KlostermanFrom Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; Chuck Klosterman IV; and Eating the Dinosaur, these essays are now available in this ebook collection for fans of Klosterman’s writing on media an...
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Porn
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Media and Culture, this essay is ab...
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Downtown Owl
Chuck KlostermanNew York Times bestselling author and “one of America’s top cultural critics” (Entertainment Weekly) Chuck Klosterman’s debut novel brilliantly captures the charm and dread of smal...
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Raised in Captivity
Chuck KlostermanMicrodoses of the straight dope, stories so true they had to be wrapped in fiction for our own protection, from the bestselling author of But What if We're Wrong?A man flying first...
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Eating the Dinosaur
Chuck KlostermanAfter a bestselling and acclaimed diversion into fiction, Chuck Klosterman, author of Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, returns to the form in which he’s been spectacularly successful w...
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Bonds vs. America
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Chuck Klosterman IV and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Sports, this essay is about Barry Bonds.
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Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society
Chuck KlostermanFrom Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs; Chuck Klosterman IV; and Eating the Dinosaur, these essays are now available in this ebook collection for fans of Klosterman’s writing on living a...
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Oh, the Guilt
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Eating the Dinosaur and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Rock, this essay is about Nirvana.
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How to Disappear Completely and Never Be Found
Chuck KlostermanOriginally collected in Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs and now available both as a standalone essay and in the ebook collection Chuck Klosterman on Film and Television, this essay is ...