{"product_id":"smothered-in-hugs-essays-interviews-feedback-and-obituaries-9780061715617","title":"Smothered in Hugs: Essays, Interviews, Feedback, and Obituaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"In another country or another era, Dennis Cooper's books would be circulated in secret, explosive samizdat editions that friends and fans would pass around and savor like forbidden absinthe.\" --\u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review \u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\"His work belongs to that of Poe, the Marquis de Sade, Charles Baudelaire, and Georges Bataille, other writers who argued with mortality.\" -- \u003cem\u003eSan Francisco Chronicle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFrom the internationally acclaimed author of \u003cem\u003eUgly Man\u003c\/em\u003e and one of \"the last literary outlaws in mainstream American fiction\" (Bret Easton Ellis) comes a survey of his cultural criticism. From interviews with celebrities such as Leonard DiCaprio and Keanu Reeves; to obituaries for Kurt Cobain and River Phoenix; to writings on social issues--including the touchstone piece \"AIDS: Words from the front\"; \u003cem\u003eSmothered in Hugs\u003c\/em\u003e spans three decades of journalism from Dennis Cooper.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eCooper, Dennis:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - \u003cp\u003eDennis Cooper is the author of the George Miles Cycle, an interconnected sequence of five novels: \u003cem\u003eCloser\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eFrisk\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTry\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGuide\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003ePeriod\u003c\/em\u003e. His other works include \u003cem\u003eMy Loose Thread\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Sluts\u003c\/em\u003e, winner of France's Prix Sade and the Lambda Literary Award; \u003cem\u003eGod, Jr.\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eWrong\u003c\/em\u003e; \u003cem\u003eThe Dream Police\u003c\/em\u003e; and \u003cem\u003eUgly Man\u003c\/em\u003e. He divides his time between Los Angeles and Paris.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Harper Perennial","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50692582637842,"sku":"9780061715617","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_e12280a7-b80d-4ea6-9577-b5cc162c9df4.jpg?v=1734128253","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/smothered-in-hugs-essays-interviews-feedback-and-obituaries-9780061715617","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}