Pulphead
Pulphead is an essay collection by the American writer and editor John Jeremiah Sullivan. Pulphead has been named a 2011 New York Times Notable Book,[1] a Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2011,[2] and one of Amazon's Best of the Month for November 2011.[3]
| Author | John Jeremiah Sullivan |
|---|---|
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Essay Collection |
| Publisher | Farrar, Straus and Giroux |
Publication date | 2011 |
| Media type | Print Paperback |
| Pages | 369 pp |
| ISBN | 978-0-374-53290-1 |
| 080—dc23 |
Sullivan's essay "Mr. Lytle: An Essay," which recounts his time spent living with a then geriatric Andrew Nelson Lytle, won a 2011 National Magazine Award[4] and a 2011 Pushcart Prize.[5]
Original Publishing Home of Pulphead Essays
The Paris Review
- "Mister Lytle", published in Pulphead as "Mr. Lytle: An Essay"
- "Unnamed Caves", on American cave art
GQ
- "The Last Wailer", on Bunny Wailer
- "Back in the Day", on Michael Jackson, published in Pulphead as "Michael"
- "The Final Comeback of Axl Rose", on Axl Rose
- "Upon This Rock", on a visit to a Christian rock festival
- "American Grotesque", on the Tea Party movement
- "Violence of the Lambs", on the coming war between animals and humans
- "Peyton's Place", on Sullivan's house being used as a filming location for the show One Tree Hill
Harper's Magazine
- "Unknown Bards", on the history of blues music.
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gollark: Maybe I should try to make a list of "definitely wrong guesses" as well as my "hopefully right guesses".
gollark: Since it does actually depend on the round.
gollark: I don't know if LyricLy calculated right, though.
gollark: Indeed. You would actually need to be quite competent at guessing to consistently guess everything wrong.
References
- "100 Notable Books of 2011". The New York Times. 21 November 2011.
- "The Top 10 of Everything 2011". Time. 7 December 2011.
- "Best Books of the Month: November 2011".
- "The Paris Review Wins National Magazine Award".
- "John Jeremiah Sullivan Wins Prize, Does Paris Review Proud".
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