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Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman is the New York Times-bestselling author of seven other books, including The Visible Man; Eating the Dinosaur; and Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs. His debut book, Fargo Rock City, was a winner of the ASCAP-Deems Taylor Award. Klosterman is the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine, and writes regularly about sports and popular culture for Grantland.com. He has also written for GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Washington Post, The Guardian, The A.V. Club, and The Believer.

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I Wear the Black Hat will be released on July 01, 2013 in Hardcover
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May 29, 2013
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May 29, 2013
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Fargo Rock City will be released on December 11, 2012 in
Dec 11, 2012
Fargo Rock City is now available in
Dec 11, 2012
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Oct 14, 2012
The Visible Man will be released on June 01, 2012 in
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The Atlantic Wire, June 12, 2013
...Stone in one book, almost surely for the first time ever.  Perfect for : People who already like Chuck Klosterman. Published on July 9 by Scribner. The Silver Star by Jeannette Walls What it’s about : The story of tough childhoods...
Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, June 9, 2013
...columnist and book editor, suggests "I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains (Real and Imagined)" by Chuck Klosterman. The book comes out July 9. Mr. Klosterman's cultural analysis often sounds like stand-up comedy and prompts readers to...
American Conservative, June 7, 2013
...solutions. The founding Ethicist was the comedy writer Randy Cohen . In 2011, Cohen was replaced by the novelist Chuck Klosterman . Cohen’s version of ethics was little more than the application of liberal politics to matters of lost wallets or...
NewsChannel 9 WSYR, June 5, 2013
...car driver1971 ? Mark Wahlberg, American model, actor, producer, and rapper ()1972 ? Mike Bucci, American wrestler1972 ? Chuck Klosterman, American journalist1972 ? Pavel Kotla, Polish conductor1973 ? Lamon Brewster, American boxer1973 ? Daniel...
World News Network, June 3, 2013
...July 2006. http://web.archive.org/web/20060717045340/http://www.weirdal.com/msg.htm. Retrieved August 24, 2006. ^ "ESPN Interview with Chuck Klosterman". June 23, 2011. http://espn.go.com/espnradio/play?id=6689521. ^ a b "'Weird Al' Yankovic -...
Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2013
...with journalist Evans, including telling details about tumultuous relationships with Howard Hughes, Mickey Rooney and Frank Sinatra. (July) Chuck Klosterman Scribner, $25 What makes someone a villain? Pop culture writer and "Ethicist" columnist...
Times Union, June 1, 2013
...of short stories, "Vida." Perhaps the best moment of the day occurred during a wonderful conversation between Chuck Klosterman ("I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)," July 9) and Jonathan Lethem ("Dissident Gardens," Sept....
Times Union, June 1, 2013
...of short stories, "Vida." Perhaps the best moment of the day occurred during a wonderful conversation between Chuck Klosterman ("I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined)," July 9) and Jonathan Lethem ("Dissident Gardens," Sept....
Springfield News-Leader, May 31, 2013
...movie starring Paul Newman and Jessica Tandy. -- Bob Minzesheimer (@bookbobminz) Talk hipster to me: Jonathan Lethem and Chuck Klosterman, sporting matching nerd-chic black-rimmed glasses and Chuck Taylors, took over the Downtown Stage for a...
St. Cloud Times, May 31, 2013
...summer of 1776. Weissmiller says that in I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villians (Real and Imagined), Chuck Klosterman is both astute and funny. Nelson calls Daniel James Browns The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold...
The Atlantic Wire, May 31, 2013
...long, and, as mentioned, even Santa was there. So were Grumpy Cat ,  Alice McDermott,   Jonathan Lethem, Chuck Klosterman , Doris Kearns Goodwin, and plenty more . As the publishing trades are speculating , it does feel like we're moving past...
Des Moines Register, May 31, 2013
...summer of 1776. Weissmiller says that in I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling With Villains (Real and Imagined), Chuck Klosterman is both astute and funny. Nelson calls Daniel James Browns The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold...
Big News Network, May 31, 2013
...world today, inside and outside the annual books and publishing conference: Talk hipster to me: Jonathan Lethem and Chuck Klosterman...
USA Today, May 30, 2013
...Chelsea Handler, Chuck Klosterman and more authors converged at the first day of BookExpo...