Impolite Interviews by Paul Krassner - ISBN: 9781888363920
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From a 1959 conversation with Alan Watts to a 1995 deathbed chat with Timothy Leafy, Impolite Interviews collects 20 of Paul Krassner‘s most candid, fractious, and revealing interviews, all of which originally ran in his notorious satirical magazine The Realist.

Impolite Interviews

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  • Paperback

    320 pages

  • Release Date

    1 August 2011

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Summary

Krassner’s Impolite Interviews delivers 21 of the most compelling encounters you will ever witness, from a 1959 interview with author Alan Watts to Timothy Leary in 1995 just weeks before he died, from Norman Mailer talking about sex to Jerry Garcia recounting what it was like to play the Pyramids. Each interview gives a unique take on major issues- Communism, segregation, the Cold War, the sexual revolution, the drug culture, by major personalities. Impolite Interviews presents perspectives …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9781888363920
ISBN-10:1888363924
Author:Paul Krassner
Publisher:Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Imprint:Seven Stories Press,U.S.
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:320
Release Date:1 August 2011
Weight:507g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
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Critics Review

”[Krassner is] an expert at ferreting out hypocrisy and absurdism from the more solemn crannies of American culture.” -Stephen Holden in The New York Times

“[Krassner is] an expert at ferreting out hypocrisy and absurdism from the more solemn crannies of American culture.” –Stephen Holden in The New York Times

About The Author

Paul Krassner

PAUL KRASSNER cut his teeth as a journalist at Mad magazine, worked with Lenny Bruce, and with Abbie Hoffman and Jerry Rubin founded the Yippies. In 1958 he founded the satirical magazine The Realist and has published it discontinuously ever since. His autobiography, Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in the Counter-Culture, was published by Simon & Schuster in 1994. More recently, The Winner of the Slow Bicycle Race, a collection of his best satire, was published by Seven Stories Press in 1996. His album We Have Ways of Making You Laugh is available from Mercury Records. He lives in Venice, California with his wife Nancy.

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