Greetings earthlings,
How strange it is to realize that six months have passed without writing an
essay for the internet. The reason is I have discovered that I do not
seem to do more than one thing at a time, in this case, focus to write
a book and let my mind roam around in the essay process.
This summer I signed a book deal with Random House Crown, with the
manuscript to be delivered May 1, 2006. The book is tentatively titled DRINK, PRAY, FIGHT AND FUCK: Dispatches from the American Class Wars.
Whether such a title will make it onto the shelves at Borders next
summer without asterisks may be a good indicator of how strong a grip
America’s new neocon consciousness still has on freedom of speech.
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Dear Mr. Bageant,
Thank you. This is the best social-political commentary I have read in
many years. Very powerfully written. I have straddled this cultural
divide myself for most of my life. It can be a lonely place.
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Joe,
I haven't seen your work for a while until I ran across the Cold Type
site. As I have written you before, your work is so different from
anything I read. I drives a spike into some part of Psyche, because I
agree almost completely with the analysis and the tone of what you say.
I wrote a response to one of your essays on Christianity and you sent
me a complimentary note. I just read your Ditch essay, and was prompted
to send a report from the Western Confederacy.
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