América
Spanish-Language Version of The Tortilla Curtain

Andy Warhol tackles the ugly 80's: escapes unscathed Instead of watching Sunday football today, I travelled back to the 1980s courtesy of Warhol's book, taking advantage of the temporary intellectual deadzone over the city. There's synchronicity, too, with that quintessentially 1980s movie Back to the......more

Unsurprisingly for a book called 'America' written by an American artist it catches that lovely inclusiveness but exclusiveness that's such a trademark of the US. What's so different from other countries there? Most don't bother with saying you could one day be included.......more

Not until earlier tonight when I visited the Andy Warhol museum in Pittsburgh, sat down on a second-floor bench for a break, and found myself reading Andy’s final book cover to cover did I know that Andy was not only a fun artist but a fabulous writer too. America collects together photos from Andy’......more

Written in Warhol's inimitable slyly humorous style with his trademark sense of wonderment, this collection of photographs depicting everyday Americans doing American things resonates 40 years later...even if some of them come across as dated. "We all came here from somewhere else, and everybody who......more

This was a fast and enjoyable read. I think I read it years ago but it is surprisingly relevant to right now. Especially his thought and attitudes toward immigration and who’s American and who’s not. In all reality attitudes in America aren’t that different than when this was written. Andy had that......more