The Freaks Came Out to Write
The Definitive History of the Village Voice, the Radical Paper That Changed American Culture

Excellent oral history of a long history publication. But lost interest in the later years due more to my interest and life. But still, an important book.......more

I was looking for an apartment the first time I opened the Village Voice in 1979. I didn't find a place in their ads, but I did find treasure in their cultural and political reporting. Reading it every week was as close as I could come to feeling like a New Yorker because New York, especially downto......more

There is truly nothing more fun to read in the entire world than a well written oral history. Just cool people telling stories. "Then I asked him, 'Why do you think you've inspired so much love?' He wrote back, 'I'm not demanding,' which was perfect because it was true."......more

Honestly just terrific. I'm extremely biased; I don't think I've ever actually read an article from the Village Voice. By the time I was growing up and starting to read news and alternative press, the paper was well into its own decline thanks to the internet and a series of other forces and decision......more

A shining example of how to write an oral history, especially when you have a tale as rich as this one that is told by a truckload of articulate, passionate people. As a long-time subscriber of the Voice, I always found it willing to stretch the limits of what could be found in a newspaper. I didn't......more