{"product_id":"the-freaks-came-out-to-write-by-tricia-romano","title":"The Freaks Came Out To Write by Tricia Romano","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eThis title will release on 11\/4\/25\u003cbr\u003eA rollicking history of America’s most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legendary writers, editors, and photographers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Freaks Came Out to Write\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e may be the best history of a journalistic enterprise I’ve ever read”—Dwight Garner, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eYou either were there or you wanted to be. A defining New York City institution co-founded by Norman Mailer, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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 \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVoice’s\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Freaks Came Out to Write\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, former \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVoice \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eFINALIST FOR 2024 NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD\u003cbr\u003eFINALIST FOR 2025 GOTHAM BOOK PRIZE\u003cbr\u003eLISTED IN BEST BOOKS OF 2024 BY \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNEW YORK MAGAZINE \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e(\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eVULTURE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e)\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e, THE NEW YORKER, LITHUB\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e, AND CHICAGO PUBLIC LIBRARY\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Hachette Book Group","offers":[{"title":"Paperback.","offer_id":46796179931302,"sku":null,"price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/4637\/7638\/files\/IMG-1552.jpg?v=1761939991","url":"https:\/\/woollybearbooks.com\/products\/the-freaks-came-out-to-write-by-tricia-romano","provider":"Woolly Bear Books and Gifts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}