{"product_id":"tell-me-something-tell-me-steve-wasserman-9781597146975","title":"Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It's a Lie: A Memoir in Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback: an exhilarating journey through the world of books, ideas, and activism.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Steve Wasserman is a treasure of American letters and his book is a testament, above all, to a literary life lived to the fullest.\" --\u003cb\u003eHéctor Tobar\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 the \u003ci\u003eNew 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 the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\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. They 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 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 1597146978\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781597146975\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Heyday Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/05\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 424\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback","brand":"Steve Wasserman","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46927871705343,"sku":"9781597146975","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f9c1bae2-b7f8-4452-9c4b-5800a1d16153.jpg?v=1749373228","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/tell-me-something-tell-me-steve-wasserman-9781597146975","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}