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The freaks came out to write the definitive history of the Village Voice, the radical paper that changed American culture

"You either were there or you wanted to be. The Freaks Came Out to Write is the definitive oral history of The Village Voice-a New York City institution. Roaming its cramped, chaotic halls were the people who had written the first stories about the Stonewall Riots and the gay rights movement; who ha...

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Main Author: Romano, Tricia (Author)
Format: Books Print Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : PublicAffairs, 2024.
Edition:First edition.
Subjects:
Village voice (Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y.) > History.
Newspapers > History > 20th century.
Newspapers > History > 21st century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 20th century.
New York (N.Y.) > Social life and customs > 21st century.
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Table of Contents:
  • 1955-1970: "The writing came from the world itself"
  • 1970-1980: "There was a palace revolution"
  • 1980-1990: "This is the dark secret that they never talk about"
  • 1990-2000: "There was some sort of cultural shift that we didn't understand"
  • 2000-2023: "Wish you were here."

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