{"product_id":"critical-mass-four-decades-of-essays-reviews-hand-grenades-and-hurrahs-paperback","title":"Critical Mass: Four Decades of Essays, Reviews, Hand Grenades, and Hurrahs - 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\u003eJames Wolcott\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e James Wolcott's career as a critic has been unmatched, from his early Seventies dispatches for \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e to the literary coverage made him equally feared and famous to his must-read reports on the cultural weather for \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. Bringing together his best work from across the decades, this collection shows Wolcott as connoisseur, intrepid reporter, memoirist, and necessary naysayer. \u003cbr\u003e We begin with \"O.K. Corral Revisited,\" Wolcott's career-launching account of the famed Norman Mailer-Gore Vidal dust-off on the original \u003ci\u003eDick Cavett Show\u003c\/i\u003e. He goes on to consider (or reconsider) the towering figures of our culture, among them Lena Dunham Patti Smith, Johnny Carson, Woody Allen, and John Cheever. And we witness his legendary takedowns, which have entered into the literary lore of our time. In an age where a great deal of back scratching and softball pitching pass for criticism, \u003ci\u003eCritical Mass\u003c\/i\u003e offers a bracing taste of the real thing. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJames Wolcott is the long-time culture critic and blogger for \u003ci\u003eVanity Fair\u003c\/i\u003e. He is most recently the author of the critically acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eLucking Out\u003c\/i\u003e, and his essays, features, and reviews have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Yorker\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, and numerous other publications. He is also the author of a novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Catsitters\u003c\/i\u003e, and a work of political commentary, \u003ci\u003eAttack Poodles and Other Media Mutants\u003c\/i\u003e. He lives in New York with his wife, the writer Laura Jacobs.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 528\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 8 x 5.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 14, 2015\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48873959719161,"sku":"9780767930635","price":26.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0789\/2782\/3097\/files\/vwEU3MU1SQ9780767930635.webp?v=1787321370","url":"https:\/\/bookscloud.io\/products\/critical-mass-four-decades-of-essays-reviews-hand-grenades-and-hurrahs-paperback","provider":"BooksCloud Book Dropshipping","version":"1.0","type":"link"}