"I remember taking a course in college called “Communication and Society,” and my professor was obsessed by the belief that fairy tales like “Hansel and Gretel” and “Little Red Riding Hood” were evil. She said they were part of a latent social code that hoped to suppress women and minorities. At the time, I was mildly outraged that my tuition money was supporting this kind of crap; years later, I have come to recall those pseudosavvy lectures as what I loved about college."

Chuck Klosterman, 2003

About Chuck Klosterman

One of the most singular and exciting cultural critics of our generation, Chuck Klosterman captures what it feels like to navigate our pop-obsessed, media-saturated culture. In bestsellers like Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, he shows us why "pop" is a conversation anyone can join in on, and why it matters. Klosterman is not a detached academic who deconstructs pop culture at arm's-length with a deadening sterility. He's a regular guy whose intellectual curiosity is insatiable, infectious and surprisingly insightful.

Chuck Klosterman is a contributor to the sports site, Grantland, and the bestselling author of several non-fiction books, including Killing Yourself to Live and Fargo, Rock City, of which Stephen King said, "writing about pop culture doesn't get any better than this, or funnier." The Onion called Klosterman's classic Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs, "One of the brightest pieces of pop analysis to appear this Century." His other books include Chuck Klosterman 4, Eating the Dinosaur and two novels, Downtown Owl and The Visible Man.