Chuck Klosterman
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| Chuck Klosterman | |
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| Born | 5 June 1972 Breckenridge, Minnesota |
| Occupation | Author, Columnist |
| Genres | Music Pop culture Sports |
Charles John "Chuck" Klosterman (born June 5, 1972, in Breckenridge, Minnesota) is an American journalist whose work often focuses on pop culture. He was raised on a farm near Wyndmere, North Dakota and graduated from the University of North Dakota in 1994. After college he was a journalist in Fargo, North Dakota and later an arts critic for the Akron Beacon Journal in Akron, Ohio, before moving to New York City in 2002.
Klosterman was a senior writer for Spin and had a column titled "My Back Pages," formerly "Rant and Roll Over" and "### Words from Chuck Klosterman." In March 2006, it was reported that Klosterman was fired after the magazine was sold and editor-in-chief Sia Michel was replaced, along with many other staffers. He still regularly contributes as a featured columnist to Esquire and has written for GQ, The New York Times Magazine, The Believer, and The Washington Post.
Klosterman participated in an e-mail exchange on ESPN's Page2 with writer Bill Simmons in August 2004. In September 2005, Simmons interviewed him in his "Curious Guy" segment. Though initially recognized for his rock writing, Klosterman has written extensively about sports and began contributing articles to Page2 on November 8, 2005. The ESPN site featured his week-long blog from Super Bowl XL in February 2006, as well as a weekend-long blog covering his experience at the NCAA basketball Final Four in 2007. He was featured on a podcast with Simmons on The B.S. Report on May 21, 2008.
As of 2008, Klosterman is the Picador Guest Professor for Literature at the University of Leipzig's Institute for American Studies in Leipzig, Germany.
[edit] Books
Klosterman is the author of five books:
- Fargo Rock City: A Heavy Metal Odyssey in Rural North Dakota (2001), a humorous memoir/history on the phenomenon of glam metal
- Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto (2003), a best-selling collection of pop culture essays
- Killing Yourself to Live: 85% of a True Story (2005), a road narrative focused on the relationship between rock music, mortality, and romantic love
- Chuck Klosterman IV: A Decade of Curious People and Dangerous Ideas (2006), a collection of articles, previously published columns, and a semi-autobiographical novella
- Klosterman's novel Downtown Owl (ISBN 1416544186) is planned for release in September 2008.
[edit] External links
- Chuck Klosterman at the Internet Movie Database
- Chuck Klosterman Archive at ESPN
- Chuck Klosterman: Lectures and Keynotes: The Lavin Agency
- Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs: Review
- Gothamist interview
- Now Magazine
- Media Bistro Q&A
- Hunting the Wild Klosterman
- Is Klosterman His Own Worst Metaphor?
- The Rural Hipster
- Chuck Klosterman: Articulating the Unintelligible
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| NAME | Klosterman, Chuck |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Klosterman, Charles John |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Author, Columnist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1972, June 5 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Breckenridge, Minnesota |
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