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Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
A Low Culture Manifesto  
By Chuck Klosterman
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Countless writers and artists have spoken for a generation, but no one has done it quite like Chuck Klosterman. With an exhaustive knowledge of popular culture and an almost effortless ability to spin brilliant prose out of unlikely subject matter, Klosterman attacks the entire spectrum of postmodern America: reality TV, Pamela Anderson and literary Jesus freaks. And don't even get him started on his love life and the whole Harry-Met-Sally situation.

Whether deconstructing Saved by the Bell episodes or the artistic legacy of Billy Joel, the symbolic importance of The Empire Strikes Back or the Celtics/ Lakers rivalry, Chuck will make you think, he'll make you laugh, and he'll drive you insane -- usually all at once. Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs is ostensibly about art, entertainment, infotainment, sports, and politics but -- really -- it's about us. All of us. As Klosterman realizes late at night, in the moment before he falls asleep, "In and of itself, nothing really matters. What matters is that nothing is ever 'in and of itself.'"

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Gary Shteyngart author of The Russian Debutante's Handbook The funniest thing I've read in an ice age...Chuck Klosterman is a Gulliver among the cult-crit Lilliputians. America should wrap her freckled arms around Klosterman's scrawny neck and press him to her bosom. He may be the last true patriot among us.
Bob Odenkirk of Mr. Show Chuck Klosterman has the time and inclination to think through the issues that you didn't even know were issues. Laugh at him, or with him, or both...but you will laugh, dammit, you will laugh.
San Francisco ChronicleThe reigning Kasparov of pop culture wits-matching.
The Washington PostMaddeningly smart and funny...[Klosterman's] good humor, compassion, and raw associative powers put him in the same league as Nick Hornby and Douglas Coupland, though he's a more tenacious critic than either.
The 17th annual Texas Book Festival
Examiner.com, October 12, 2011
...always-hilarious Owen Egerton. Several stars of the nonfiction realm will give presentations, though at least one of them, Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs author Chuck Klosterman, will be discussing his recent forays into fiction. Perhaps the ...
The Man Who Predicted Last Night's Breaking Bad Finale
Portland Mercury, October 10, 2011
...E Burnside, 9 pm, $12 KLOSTERMAN—Smart, funny, and 5,000 times more knowledgeable about pop culture than you, Chuck Klosterman's cranked out great essay collections like Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, not to mention a solid first novel, ...
The Chuck Klosterman Interview Part 2: 30 Rock, Mad Men, The Office, Arrested Development, and Why Movies and TV Have Made Us Less Human
KHWB, December 10, 2009
...In his new book of essays, Eating the Dinosaur, pop culture critic Chuck Klosterman posits that “as a species we have never been less human than we are right now.” Part of the reason why this has happened, he says, is that our ...
The Chuck Klosterman Interview Part 1: Eating the Dinosaur, the State of Entertainment Journalism, and Whether or Not Avatar is Geekdom?s Chinese Democracy
WNEP-TV 16, December 6, 2009
...Any pop culture writer today worth a scan online has a unique opinion on Chuck Klosterman. The renown American author and journalist made a name for himself in the aughts with witty, hyper-informed contributions as a former senior writer and ...
Pop-culture critic Chuck Klosterman to speak at CU-Boulder
Boulder Daily Camera, December 2, 2009
...Author will read from his new book 'Eating The Dinosaur' Author Chuck Klosterman will be speaking at the University of Colorado on Wednesday night. ( MARTY CAIVANO) Pop-culture critic Chuck Klosterman appears comfortable as he sits on a ...
The Klosterman factor
Daily Vanguard, November 20, 2009
...defining ethos of his criticism. Its whats made his career. From his first book, Fargo Rock City, to Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs and his extensive work as a columnist for Esquire, his ability to successfully deconstruct stupid things has been ...
Review: Chuck Klosterman's "Eating the Dinosaur"
Orlando Sentinel, November 14, 2009
...Chuck Klosterman books need a big red 'spoiler alert' sticker on the cover. If you've read any of his previous essay collections, you know this already. Not that he gives ...
Klosterman’s ‘Eating the Dinosaur’ returns to form, does little else
Daily Nebraskan, November 1, 2009
...Chuck Klosterman has always been something of a cultural enigma. As a writer, he has disagreed with almost every publication he has worked for. He consistently breaks standard writing conventions, often ...
Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto - by Chuck Klosterman
TheCelebrityCafe.com, June 10, 2009
... by Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman's encyclopedic knowledge of pop culture has led to another thought-provoking and witty book. With every turn of the page, Klosterman's 'Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs ...
IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Minds - by Chuck Klosterman
TheCelebrityCafe.com, June 9, 2009
... by Chuck Klosterman Chuck Klosterman's 'IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas' for an insightful criticism of pop culture. If you're in the mood for a pop culture ...
Book Review -- Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs
Suite101.com, May 16, 2009
...Home » Reading & Literature » Lifestyle/Pop Culture Books » Humorous Writing/Books » Book Review ? Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs Chuck Klosterman's Feeble Attempt to Make Pop Culture Matter © Ryan Werner Despite being spoken of as the ...
Klosterman: media continues to change
Norman Transcript, April 17, 2009
...Author and music critic Chuck Klosterman appeared at the University of Oklahoma Tuesday night to speak about his experiences working in the media, as well as the impact of popular culture on society. The event ...
NEW: Pop culture journalist Chuck Klosterman to visit OU
Norman Transcript, March 18, 2009
...02:44 pm - Writer and pop culture critic Chuck Klosterman will visit the University of Oklahoma Gaylord College of Journalism and Mass Communication April 14 and 15 to speak about his experiences working in the media as well as ...
Writers conference set
Jamestown Sun, March 14, 2009
...with authors and poets. The theme of this yearâs conference is âWit.â UND aumnus and pop-culture humorist Chuck Klosterman will be among seven authors featured at this yearâs conference. Also part of the event will be a special ...
The world according to Chuck
Rockford Register Star, January 24, 2009
...a heavy dose of popular culture this week from one of the subjects most famous spokesmen. Best-selling author Chuck Klosterman will be at Rockford College on Thursday to present Life Through the Prism of Pop Culture, a discussion of ...
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