Fargo Rock City, for Real: An Essay from Chuck Klosterman IV
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Chuck Klosterman is the bestselling author of many books of nonfiction (including The Nineties, Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, I Wear the Black Hat, and But What If We're Wrong?) and fiction (Downtown Owl, The Visible Man, and Raised in Captivity). He has written for The New York Times, The Washington Post, GQ, Esquire, Spin, The Guardian, The Believer, Billboard, The A.V. Club, and ESPN. Klosterman served as the Ethicist for The New York Times Magazine for three years, and was an original founder of the website Grantland with Bill Simmons.
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Fargo Rock City, for Real - Chuck Klosterman
Fargo Rock City, for Real
An Essay from Chuck Klosterman IV
Chuck Klosterman
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