{"product_id":"splendor-in-the-short-grass-the-grover-lewis-reader-paperback","title":"Splendor in the Short Grass: The Grover Lewis Reader - 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\u003eGrover Lewis\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHonorable Mention, Carr P. Collins Award for Best Book of Nonfiction, 2006\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGrover Lewis was one of the defining voices of the New Journalism of the 1960s and 1970s. His wry, acutely observed, fluently written essays for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e set a standard for other writers of the time, including Hunter S. Thompson, Joe Eszterhas, Timothy Ferris, Chet Flippo, and Tim Cahill, who said of Lewis, \"He was the best of us.\" Pioneering the \"on location\" reportage that has become a fixture of features about moviemaking and live music, Lewis cut through the celebrity hype and captured the real spirit of the counterculture, including its artificiality and surprising banality. Even today, his articles on Woody Guthrie, the Allman Brothers, the Rolling Stones concert at Altamont, directors Sam Peckinpah and John Huston, and the filming of \u003ci\u003eThe Last Picture Show\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eOne Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest\u003c\/i\u003e remain some of the finest writing ever done on popular culture.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTo introduce Grover Lewis to a new generation of readers and collect his best work under one cover, this anthology contains articles he wrote for \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eNew West\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as excerpts from his unfinished novel \u003ci\u003eThe Code of the West\u003c\/i\u003e and his incomplete memoir \u003ci\u003eGoodbye If You Call That Gone\u003c\/i\u003e and poems from the volume \u003ci\u003eI'll Be There in the Morning If I Live\u003c\/i\u003e. Jan Reid and W. K. Stratton have selected and arranged the material around themes that preoccupied Lewis throughout his life-movies, music, and loss. The editors' biographical introduction, the foreword by Dave Hickey, and a remembrance by Robert Draper discuss how Lewis's early struggles to escape his working-class, anti-intellectual Texas roots for the world of ideas in books and movies made him a natural proponent of the counterculture that he chronicled so brilliantly. They also pay tribute to Lewis's groundbreaking talent as a stylist, whose unique voice deserves to be more widely known by today's readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Jan Reid (1945-2020), like Grover Lewis, was a magazine writer, who wrote for \u003ci\u003eTexas Monthly\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eEsquire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eSlate\u003c\/i\u003e. His books include \u003ci\u003eThe Improbable Rise of Redneck Rock\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Bullet Meant for Me\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eLet the People In\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eRio Grande\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e W. K. \"Kip\" Stratton has written for \u003ci\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGQ\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eOutside\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSouthern\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eAmericana\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eD: The Magazine of Dallas\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous book is \u003ci\u003eBackyard Brawl: Inside the Blood Feud between Texas and Texas A\u0026amp;M\u003c\/i\u003e. Harcourt will publish his next book, \u003ci\u003eChasing the Rodeo\u003c\/i\u003e, in 2005. He lives near Austin, Texas. \u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 291\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.66 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 01, 2005\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51985727947053,"sku":"9780292722309","price":31.67,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/elMrNmJRcFpwNXdFUTczdE54UmNkUT09.webp?v=1776138700","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/splendor-in-the-short-grass-the-grover-lewis-reader-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}