In this generous collection of book reviews and literary essays, legendary Village Voice rock critic Robert Christgau showcases the passion that made him a critic-his love for the written word. Many selections address music, from blackface minstrelsy to punk and hip-hop, artists from Lead Belly to Patti Smith, and fellow critics from Ellen Willis and Lester Bangs to Nelson George and Jessica Hopper. But Book Reports also teases out the popular in the Bible and 1984 as well as pornography and science fiction, and analyzes at length the cultural theory of Raymond Williams, the detective novels of Walter Mosley, the history of bohemia, and the 2008 financial crisis. It establishes Christgau as not just the Dean of American Rock Critics, but one of America's most insightful cultural critics as well.

Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Duke University Press
Published: 05/03/2019
ISBN: 9781478000303
Pages: 416
Weight: 1.20lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d

Review Citations: Kirkus Reviews 01/15/2019
Library Journal 02/01/2019 pg. 89
Publishers Weekly 01/07/2019
Choice 10/01/2019