03394cam a2200469 i 4500 23284085 BJBSDDR 20250811165945.0 ta 230818s2024 nyuach b 001 0 eng 2023024929 9781541736399 (hardcover) 1541736397 (hardcover) 23284085 DLC eng rda DLC DLC eng pcc PN 4899 R759f 2024 071/.471 Romano, Tricia 43559 The freaks came out to write : the definitive history of the Village Voice, the radical paper that changed American culture / Tricia Romano. First edition. New York : PublicAffairs, 2024. xxxiii, 571 pages : illustrations, portraits, facsimiles ; 25 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 535-544) and index. "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 had advocated for civil rights before it was mainstream. The Voice was the first to cover hip-hop, the avant-garde art scene, and the AIDS crisis with urgency and seriousness when other papers were dismissing it as "the gay disease." It invented new forms of criticism and storytelling, revolutionized journalism, and covered cultural and political moments, often long before big outlets like the New York Times did. The book features interviews with iconic voices from the paper's early years, such as Norman Mailer, who co-founded the paper in 1955, and Mary Perot Nichols, who battled weekly with the infamous Robert Moses, and whose writing in the Voice saved countless New York City landmarks from destruction. Wild tales are told by Robert Christgau, the self-appointed "Dean of American Rock Criticism," and Wayne Barrett, who in the 80's was the first reporter to uncover Donald Trump as a huckster and corrupt con artist. In The Freaks Come Out to Write, Tricia Romano, who worked at the Voice during the 90's and 2000's, pays homage to the Voice. She will tell the story of American journalism, American culture, and how the Internet (and Rupert Murdoch) killed the most famous alt-weekly of all time"-- Provided by publisher. Village voice (Greenwich Village, New York, N.Y.) History. Village Voice (Greenwich Village, Nueva York, N.Y.) Historia 44147 Newspapers New York (State) New York History 20th century. Periódicos Historia Nueva York (Estados Unidos) 38302 Newspapers New York (State) New York History 21st century. New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 20th century. New York (N.Y.) Social life and customs 21st century. Nueva York (Estados Unidos) Vida social y costumbres 5368 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK rmza 124347 124347 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2025-07-22 0 PN 4899 R759f 2024 00000195224 2025-07-22 15:22:00 1 2025-07-22 BK