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Asphyxiation
For centuries, society has been puzzled by the alcoholic and the insane. Plenty of subject material is available from perspectives of professionals, philosophers, and persons in recovery. But what is it like inside the mind of someone lost to the world? Originally written and published in 2005, "Asphyxiation" offers a stunning insider's view of alcoholism and borderline personality disorder. Alternating between free association reminiscent of William S. Burroughs and self-deprecating narrative, Neur0 Vanity explores abuse, mental illness, addiction, the influence of Hollywood, and delusions of grandeur with shocking honesty and impenitence. The 20-year-old author shares her stories in a unique style that draws readers into the twisted inner workings of a diseased mind. This second edition features an afterword from the author, written seven years later and from a place of full recovery.
Love Imagined
ÿLove Imaginedÿis an American woman?s unique struggle for identity. "Joining the long history of women of color fighting to claim literary space to tell our stories, Sherry Quan Lee shares her truth with fierce courage and strength in Love Imagined. ... Quan Lee crafts a riveting tale of Minnesota life set within the backdrop of racial segregation, the Cold War, the sexual revolution while navigating it all through the lens of her multi-layered identities. A true demonstration of the power of an intersectional perspective." --Kandace Creel Falc¢n, Ph.D., Director of Women?s and Gender Studies, Minnesota State University, Moorhead "Love Imagined: this fascinating, delightful, important boo...
Closing Time
An entertaining journey into the highs, lows, bright spots, and dark corners of the Twin Cities' most famous and infamous drinking establishments--history viewed from the barstool.
A Wish Upon a Fallen Sky
"A Wish Upon a Fallen Sky" collects Rob Callahan's notable short fiction. From telling tales of the dark and moody to sordid stories of the strange and ridiculous, Callahan's prose remains poignant and provocative. His dark, subtle wit complements a seasoned, haunting voice. His mastery of the written word rivals that of the modern masters.
Sound Streams
In talking about contemporary media, we often use a language of newness, applying words like “revolution” and “disruption.” Yet, the emergence of new sound media technologies and content—from the earliest internet radio broadcasts to the development of algorithmic music services and the origins of podcasting—are not a disruption, but a continuation of the century-long history of radio. Today’s most innovative media makers are reintroducing forms of audio storytelling from radio’s past. Sound Streams is the first book to historicize radio-internet convergence from the early ’90s through the present, demonstrating how so-called new media represent an evolutionary shift that i...
Why We Drive
Today, we're married to our cars. But life behind the wheel of an automobile didn't come naturally to Americans. Crooked politicians, unscrupulous businessmen, burning streetcars, and convoluted tax shenanigans are a few of the players in this gripping tale of corruption, greed, and endless miles of asphalt. In Andy Singer's accessible, scandalous tale of motordom, comics, text, and historic photographs tell the story of the rise of the U.S. highway system and the corresponding demise of rail and public transportation. He also explores how we can ditch the car and rebuild a functional transportation system that can bring wealth, happiness, and freedom.
The Devil's Snake Curve
The Devil's Snake Curve offers an alternative American history, in which colonialism, jingoism, capitalism, and faith are represented by baseball. Personal and political, it twines Japanese internment camps with the Yankees; Walmart with the Kansas City Royals; and facial hair patterns with militarism, Guantanamo, and the modern security state. An essay, a miscellany, and a passionate unsettling of Josh Ostergaard's relationship with our national pastime, it allows for both the clover of a childhood outfield and the persistence of the game's service to those in power. America and baseball are both hard to love or leave in this, by turns coruscating and heartfelt, debut. Josh Ostergaard holds an MFA in creative writing from the University of Minnesota and an MA in cultural anthropology. He has been an urban anthropologist at the Field Museum and now works at Graywolf Press.
Downtown
The spirit of a vibrant city at a critical time, recalled in images and words that delight those who experienced it--and those who wish they had.
The Needle and the Lens
How the creative use of pop music in film—think Saturday Night Fever or Apocalypse Now—has shaped and shifted music history since the 1960s Quick: What movie do you think of when you hear “The Sounds of Silence”? Better yet, what song comes to mind when you think of The Graduate? The link between film and song endures as more than a memory, Nate Patrin suggests with this wide-ranging and energetic book. It is, in fact, a sort of cultural symbiosis that has mutually influenced movies and pop music, a phenomenon Patrin tracks through the past fifty years, revealing the power of music in movies to move the needle in popular culture. Rock ’n’ roll, reggae, R&B, jazz, techno, and hip-...
