{"product_id":"tell-me-something-tell-me-steve-wasserman-9781597146470","title":"Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It's a Lie: A Memoir in Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn exhilarating journey through the world of books, featuring personal reflections on Susan Sontag, Huey Newton, Barbra Streisand, W. G. Sebald, and Christopher Hitchens.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"A troublemaker of the good kind since his youth, Wasserman continues to inspire with his vigorous dedication to the life of the mind, exhibited with clarity and grace in this book.\" --\u003cb\u003eViet Thanh Nguyen\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn on the West Coast, the son of Bronx-born parents, Steve Wasserman is a generalist and public intellectual but is perhaps less well known as a cultural essayist and social critic of the first rank. In thirty splendid essays, originally published in such diverse publications as \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e, Wasserman delivers a riveting account of the awakening of an empathetic sensibility and a lively mind. Taken together, they reveal the depth and breadth of his enthusiasms and range over politics, literature, and the tumults of a world in upheaval.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese essays include the remarkable tale of a bookstore owner who wouldn't let him buy the books he wanted, to his brave against-the-grain take on the Black Panthers, to his shrewd assessment of the fast-changing world of publishing. Here is, as Joyce Carol Oates notes, \"arguably the very best concise history of Cuba and the legendary Fidel Castro; beautifully composed eulogies for two close friends, Susan Sontag and Christopher Hitchens; sharply perceptive commentary on Daniel Ellsberg; a thrillingly candid interview with W. G. Sebald.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Steve Wasserman\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1597146471\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597146470\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heyday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 10\/08\/2024\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 416\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 05\/01\/2024 pg. 15","brand":"Steve Wasserman","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45065069789439,"sku":"9781597146470","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_0717d915-f855-4226-ada4-de47f3c587c3.jpg?v=1712125499","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tell-me-something-tell-me-steve-wasserman-9781597146470","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}