Overview

From his work as a reporter at Hustler magazine to his National Magazine Award-winning writing for Rolling Stone and Vanity Fair, Evan Wright has always had an affinity for outsiders--what he calls ""the lost tribes of America."" The previously published pieces in this collection chart a deeply personal journey, beginning with his stark but sympathetic portrayals of sex workers in Porn Valley, through his raw portrait of a Hollywood überagent-turned-war documentarian and hero of America's far right. Along the way, Wright encounters runaway teens earning corporate dollars as skateboard pitchmen; radical anarchists plotting the overthrow of corporate America; and young American troops on the hunt for terrorists in the combat zones of the Middle East. His subjects are people for whom the American dream is either just out of grasp or something they've chosen to reject altogether. Sometimes frightening, usually profane, and often darkly comic, Hella Nation is Evan Wright's meticulously observed tour of the jagged edges of all those other Americas hiding in plain sight amid the nation's malls and gated communities. This collection also includes an all-new, autobiographical introductory essay by the author.

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"Vivid confirmation of the arrival of a major chronicler of those who live on or beyond the margins of the American mainstream.-- ""Kirkus"" ""[This] is some top-drawer writing...the total effect reflects a literary rebel who wants to break convention."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Hugely entertaining book...funny, mesmerizing, frightening, and mind-boggling (sometimes all in the same essay)...Wright is an engaging storyteller who writes nonfiction with the eye and voice of a novelist...Gonzo journalism lives."" -- ""Booklist"""

Vivid confirmation of the arrival of a major chronicler of those who live on or beyond the margins of the American mainstream.-- ""Kirkus"" ""[This] is some top-drawer writing...the total effect reflects a literary rebel who wants to break convention."" -- ""Publishers Weekly"" ""Hugely entertaining book...funny, mesmerizing, frightening, and mind-boggling (sometimes all in the same essay)...Wright is an engaging storyteller who writes nonfiction with the eye and voice of a novelist...Gonzo journalism lives."" -- ""Booklist""

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Evan Wright (1964-2024) was an award-journalist and multiaward-winning author of several books, including Generation Kill. As a journalist, he covered crime, war, riots, and other human spectacles for a variety of publications, including Time and Rolling Stone, and was a contributing editor to Vanity Fair. He won two National Magazine Awards for reporting and profile writing and a General Wallace M. Greene Jr. Award from the Marine Corps Heritage Foundation, among other accolades. He grew up in Willoughby, Ohio, and studied medieval history at Vassar College. Paul Boehmer attended his first Shakespearean play while in high school; he knew then that he was destined to become the classically trained actor he is today. Graduating with a master's degree, Paul was cast as Hamlet by the very stage actor who inspired his career path. A nod from the Universe he'd chosen aright! Paul has worked on Broadway and extensively in regional theater. Coinciding with another of his passions, sci-fi, Paul has been cast in various roles in many episodes of Star Trek. Paul's love of literature and learning led him by nature to his work as a narrator for audiobooks, his latest endeavour. Paul is married to the love of his life, Offir, and they live in Los Angeles with their two midnight-rambling tomcats, Dread and David. Paul Boehmer attended his first Shakespearean play while in high school; he knew then that he was destined to become the classically trained actor he is today. Graduating with a master's degree, Paul was cast as Hamlet by the very stage actor who inspired his career path. A nod from the Universe he'd chosen aright! Paul has worked on Broadway and extensively in regional theater. Coinciding with another of his passions, sci-fi, Paul has been cast in various roles in many episodes of Star Trek. Paul's love of literature and learning led him by nature to his work as a narrator for audiobooks, his latest endeavour. Paul is married to the love of his life, Offir, and they live in Los Angeles with their two midnight-rambling tomcats, Dread and David.

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