Readings, Rated
Thomas Frank! Monday!
Date: Monday, September 15th, 2008
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: The Experimental Station (6100 S. Blackstone)
There’s nothing to get your blood up this election season like reading The Wrecking Crew (aside from contemplating the thought of Sarah Palin getting exposure on a weekly basis). Thomas Frank proves once and for all that a book about the skullduggery of the Conservatives can make you laugh to yourself on the bus. Moreover, the man is a fantastic speaker (the floppy hair helps his emphasis). I’ve made it a point to catch him every time he’s given a reading since The Conquest of Cool. I even listed him on my online application for graduate school as among the reasons I wanted to go to U of C. If you can’t tell by now, I’m a superfan, the adult equivalent of that guy in college who never took off the Vonnegut t-shirt. Don’t let that stop you from going to this reading, though. I promise it can only help those still seething from watching the RNC.
If you haven’t yet had a chance to read, here’s a nice video primer:
Watch this video, and read The Wrecking Crew. It explains exactly why and how we have become a privatized nation.