{"product_id":"my-1980s-other-essays-paperback","title":"My 1980s \u0026 Other Essays - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eWayne Koestenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWayne Koestenbaum returns with a zesty and hyper-literate collection of personal and critical essays \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eon the 1980s, including essays on major cultural figures such as Andy Warhol and Brigitte Bardot.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWayne Koestenbaum has been described as \"an impossible lovechild from a late-night, drunken three-way between Joan Didion, Roland Barthes, and Susan Sontag\" (\u003ci\u003eBidoun\u003c\/i\u003e). In \u003ci\u003eMy 1980s and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of extravagant range and style, he rises to the challenge of that improbable description. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eMy 1980s and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e opens with a series of manifestos--or, perhaps more appropriately, a series of impassioned disclosures, intellectual and personal. It then proceeds to wrestle with a series of major cultural figures, the author's own lodestars and lodestones: literary (John Ashbery, Roberto Bolaño, James Schuyler), artistic (Diane Arbus, Cindy Sherman, Andy Warhol), and simply iconic (Brigitte Bardot, Cary Grant, Lana Turner). And then there is the personal--the voice, the style, the flair--that is unquestionably Koestenbaum. It amounts to a kind of intellectual autobiography that culminates in a string of passionate calls to creativity; arguments in favor of detail and nuance, and attention; a defense of pleasure, hunger, and desire in culture and experience. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eKoestenbaum is perched on the cusp of being a true public intellectual--his venues are more mainstream than academic, his style is eye-catching, his prose unfailingly witty and passionate, his interests profoundly wide-ranging and popular. \u003ci\u003eMy 1980s\u003c\/i\u003e should be the book that pushes Koestenbaum off that cusp and truly into the public eye.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eWayne Koestenbaum\u003c\/b\u003e is an American poet and cultural critic. He received a BA from Harvard University, an MA from Johns Hopkins University, and a PhD from Princeton University. He lives in New York City, where he is Distinguished Professor of English at the City University of New York Graduate Center. His books include \u003ci\u003eJackie Under My Skin\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMy 1980s and Other Essays\u003c\/i\u003e, and the critically acclaimed \u003ci\u003eHumiliation\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 336\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.89 x 7.46 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e August 13, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51984050290989,"sku":"9780374533779","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/ditkbENrL3VXcmdBQ1QzeE9YMGJvdz09.webp?v=1776081614","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/my-1980s-other-essays-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}