Notes from the underground : the most outrageous stories from the alternative press / edited by Nancy Armstrong.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Armstrong, Nancy, 1938-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Underground press publications.

Physical Description:

xx, 338 pages ; 21 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Chamberlain Bros., [2005]

Summary:

Whether it's Florida inmates who find a way to let go of the past or the New York state executioner who could no longer face the future, Notes from the Underground will provoke and engage you. Here are twenty-three articles originally published in alternative weeklies-nondaily free circulation newspapers-from the major metropolitan areas of North America. The articles cover topics as horrifying as the headline-grabbing Haidl Three rape trial in California to the historical New York town quietly allowing gay couples to marry. Read about Arizona polygamists in John Dougherty's sensational "Bound by Fear," and about David Holthouse's personal experience of confronting his rapist in "Stalking the Bogeyman." Enjoy Chris Wright's undercover expose as a heterosexual man dressing in drag in "I Was Queen for a Day," and Dan Savage's commentary about marijuana in "Dope." These stories, and the journalists who wrote them, go beyond the two-inch column and the thirty-second sound bite that dominates the media today, to bring back the human element into our news. As Steve Almond says in his impassioned introduction, "Taken as a whole, these stories will provoke your fascination. But more important, if you're anything like me, they will provoke your outrage." You will be entertained, appalled, and touched. And you'll never forget what you read in Notes from the Underground.

Contents:

The Hobohemians / Ben Ehrenreich 1

Evil Eyes / Glenna Whitley 25

Bound by Fear: Polygamy in Arizona / John Dougherty 57

I Was Queen for a Day / Chris Wright 102

Academia Under Siege / Barbara Solow 116

Spray It, Don't Say It / Andrew Kiraly 131

An Unresolved Death / Mike Keefe-Feldman 140

Blue Lines, Steel, and the Hour of Myth / Celeste Fraser Delgado 157

Dead Wrong / Wendy Grossman 171

Good-bye to All That / David Ritchie 189

What About the Kids? / Jessica Rae Patton 198

A Village Transformed / Brita Brundage 204

Soul of the Brute / Kevin Hoffman 209

Quitting the Business / Eileen Loh Harrist 224

Haidl Your Daughters / Unreasonable Doubts? / R. Scott Moxley 244

Dope / Dan Savage 256

Out of This World / Mara Shalhoup 269

Stalking the Bogeyman / David Holthouse 280

When Girls Go Wild / Geri L. Dreiling 295

Vanishing Act / Carlton Smith 309

Hip-Hop Turns 30 / Greg Tate 320

The Last Executioner / Jennifer Gonnerman 328.

ISBN:

1596090081

OCLC:

58807504