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The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture
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Author:
Tricia Romano
Publisher:
PublicAffairs
Date:
February 27, 2024
A history of an iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its writers, editors, and photographers.
What The Reviewers Say
A well-made disco ball of a book — it’s big, discursive, ardent, intellectual and flecked with gossip.
A salacious oral history of the publication that reads like a night at a gossipy media party.
Raucous.
She keeps her narrative moving while sporadically highlighting crucial, but lesser-known figures.
