All Ears

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Summary: cultural snapshot
Review: For those looking for vintage Cooper, you should be warned that nothing in this book is indicitive of Cooper's usual writing style, or any of the writerly idiosynchrasies that have given him cult celebrity. But that's only because it's a compilation of articles that Cooper did over the years for Rolling Stone, Interview, and other magazines. At best, this book is a cultural pastiche of a time that's slowly fading from the tips of our memories; the period of the late 80s/early 90's in which ennui, AIDS, and a new sort of decadance were laying the groundwork for the rest of the decade. Articles about the death of River Pheonix and Kurt Kobain, interviews with Courtney Love and Keanu Reaves,a rather scathing article about the death of William Burroughs,(the opinions in which I politely disagree)and Cooper's opiniated voice color this compilation with a sort of bleak, but humanistic worldview. Anyway, it's all worth it for an interview with Keanu Reaves (Pre-Speed) in which Cooper gets the then cult figure to talk about drugs he'd like to use...

Rating:
Summary: Fantastic!
Review: I've had the honor to meet a wonderful author by the name of Dennis Cooper. This summer I purchased this book, 'All Ears' in a small bookstore in San Francisco. Intrigued by the thought of reading cultural criticisms, I grabbed the book and proceeded to checkout.
That night I opened the book up and began to read. The first story, a story of Cooper and a man who was infected with AIDS, kept me going, and before the night was over I found myself with little more to read.
Cooper is fantastic. Honestly, thats the only world I can think of at the moment.
I plan on buying many more books by Cooper in the near future. It can hook anyone, and if you are into modern-esque essays purchase this book.

Rating:
Summary: Fantastic!
Review: I've had the honor to meet a wonderful author by the name of Dennis Cooper. This summer I purchased this book, 'All Ears' in a small bookstore in San Francisco. Intrigued by the thought of reading cultural criticisms, I grabbed the book and proceeded to checkout.
That night I opened the book up and began to read. The first story, a story of Cooper and a man who was infected with AIDS, kept me going, and before the night was over I found myself with little more to read.
Cooper is fantastic. Honestly, thats the only world I can think of at the moment.
I plan on buying many more books by Cooper in the near future. It can hook anyone, and if you are into modern-esque essays purchase this book.