{"product_id":"tell-me-something-tell-me-anything-even-if-its-a-lie-a-memoir-in-essays-9781597146975","title":"Tell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It's a Lie: A Memoir in Essays","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNow in paperback: an exhilarating journey through the world of books, ideas, and activism; a finalist for the \u003ci\u003eForeword Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e INDIES Editor's Choice Prize for Nonfiction. \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Steve Wasserman is a treasure of American letters and his book is a testament, above all, to a literary life lived to the fullest.\" --\u003cb\u003eHéctor Tobar\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBorn on the West Coast, the son of Bronx-born parents, Steve Wasserman is a generalist and public intellectual but is perhaps less well known as a cultural essayist and social critic of the first rank. In thirty splendid essays, originally published in such diverse publications as the \u003ci\u003eNew Republic\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Nation\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe American Conservative\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Progressive\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Village Voice\u003c\/i\u003e and the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e, Wasserman delivers a riveting account of the awakening of an empathetic sensibility and a lively mind. Taken together, they reveal the depth and breadth of his enthusiasms and range over politics, literature, and the tumults of a world in upheaval. They include the remarkable tale of a bookstore owner who wouldn't let him buy the books he wanted, to his brave against-the-grain take on the Black Panthers, to his shrewd assessment of the fast-changing world of publishing. Here is, as Joyce Carol Oates notes, \"arguably the best concise history of Cuba and the legendary Fidel Castro; beautifully composed eulogies for two close friends, Susan Sontag and Christopher Hitchens; sharply perceptive commentary on Daniel Ellsberg; a thrillingly candid interview with W. G. Sebald.\"\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eSteve Wasserman\u003c\/b\u003e is publisher of Heyday, an independent, nonprofit press founded in 1974 and author of \u003ci\u003eTell Me Something, Tell Me Anything, Even If It's a Lie\u003c\/i\u003e. A graduate of UC Berkeley, he holds a degree in criminology. His past positions include serving as deputy editor of the op-ed page and opinion section of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times\u003c\/i\u003e; editor of the \u003ci\u003eLos Angeles Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e; editorial director of New Republic Books; publisher and editorial director of Hill and Wang at Farrar, Straus and Giroux and of the Noonday Press; editorial director of Times Books at Random House; and editor at large for Yale University Press. A former partner of the literary agency Kneerim \u0026amp; Williams, he represented many authors, including Christopher Hitchens, Linda Ronstadt, Robert Scheer, and David Thomson. He lives in Berkeley, California.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Heyday Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51705023004946,"sku":"9781597146975","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_f90b1570-bfe8-4277-8a76-522ab31b3dd3.jpg?v=1762337206","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tell-me-something-tell-me-anything-even-if-its-a-lie-a-memoir-in-essays-9781597146975","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}