I Am Anthologized: Reality Matters
April 23rd, 2010 by Richard under News. No Comments.
I have the honor of being anthologized with some of my favorite writes in a new collection edited by the great Anna David entitled Reality Matters: 19 Writers Come Clean About the Shows We Can’t Stop Watching .
I write, people will be shocked to learn, about American Idol, telling the epic tale of my permanent branding by an in-law of the show.
Elsewhere in the anthology, read the majesty of Stacey Grenrock Woods, Neal Pollack, Mark Lisanti, Jerry Stahl…as I say some of the very funniest. Buy it now!
The New Yorker’s Book Bench mentioned my essay in their item on the book, kindly in general but taking on my declaration that Idol is the most dramatic stage performance ever, suggesting life and death gladiator matches were perhaps more…life or death’ish. To which I say, how can you declare the mere life of a captive marauder to the potential for unlimited fame that our young dreamers stand on the cusp of at the height of the celebrity age? Doesn’t even come close!
