{"product_id":"the-freaks-came-out-to-write-the-definitive-history-of-the-village-voice-the-radical-paper-that-changed-american-culture-9781541742413","title":"The Freaks Came Out to Write: The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture","description":"\u003cb\u003eA rollicking history of America's most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legendary writers, editors, and photographers \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \"\u003ci\u003eThe Freaks Came Out to Write\u003c\/i\u003e may be the best history of a journalistic enterprise I've ever read\"--Dwight Garner, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e You either were there or you wanted to be. A defining New York City institution co-founded by Norman Mailer, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e was the first newspaper to cover hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, and Off-Broadway with gravitas. It reported on the AIDS crisis with urgency and seriousness when other papers dismissed it as a gay disease. In 1979, the \u003ci\u003eVoice's\u003c\/i\u003e Wayne Barrett uncovered Donald Trump as a corrupt con artist before anyone else was paying attention. It invented new forms of criticism, storytelling, and journalism, spawning hundreds of copycats. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In \u003ci\u003eThe Freaks Came Out to Write\u003c\/i\u003e, former \u003ci\u003eVoice \u003c\/i\u003ewriter Tricia Romano draws from more than 200 interviews to pay homage to this iconic paper. Alive with the voices of two-time Pulitzer Prize winner Colson Whitehead, cultural critic Greg Tate, gossip columnist Michael Musto, feminist writers Vivian Gornick and Susan Brownmiller, post-punk band Blondie, sportscaster Bob Costas, drummer Max Weinberg, and many more, this definitive oral history tells the story of journalism, New York City, and the most famous alt-weekly of all time. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFINALIST FOR 2024 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD \u003cbr\u003e FINALIST FOR 2025 GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE \u003cbr\u003e LISTED IN BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY \u003ci\u003eNEW YORK MAGAZINE \u003c\/i\u003e(\u003ci\u003eVULTURE\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e, THE NEW YORKER, LITHUB\u003c\/i\u003e, AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-16209474\"\u003eTricia Romano\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e PublicAffairs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/04\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 608\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.45lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.20h x 5.90w x 1.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781541742413\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1541742419\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BIO\"\u003eBiography \u0026amp; Autobiography\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BIO025000\"\u003eEditors, Journalists, Publishers\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC052000\"\u003eMedia Studies\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC072000\"\u003eActivism \u0026amp; Social Justice\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTricia Romano \u003c\/b\u003ebegan her career at the \u003ci\u003eVillage Voice\u003c\/i\u003e, where her column, Fly Life, covered the underbelly of New York nightlife. A fellow at MacDowell, Ucross, and Millay artist residencies, her work has been published in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eRolling Stone\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Daily Beast\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eDame\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eMen's Journal\u003c\/i\u003e. A longtime New Yorker, she lives in Seattle, Washington.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"PublicAffairs","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44499295305867,"sku":"9781541742413","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0626\/5100\/7115\/files\/img_37de9355-c038-4a86-8203-2e6f2f17348b.jpg?v=1763579922","url":"https:\/\/cacorrectionsbookstore.com\/products\/the-freaks-came-out-to-write-the-definitive-history-of-the-village-voice-the-radical-paper-that-changed-american-culture-9781541742413","provider":"CA Corrections Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}