The memoirs of counterculture icon Paul Krassner traces the manic adventures of the man who founded The Realist, a forum for such 1960s personalities as Norman Mailer, Lenny Bruce, and Richard Albert. 35,000 first printing. National ad/promo. Tour.

Confessions of a Raving Unconfined Nut! Misadventures in the Counterculture

Krassner, Paul

Biographies & Memoirs

Simon&Schuster

Presenting a highly irreverent look at life in the "alternate lane," a journalist and political radical investigates the Charles Manson massacre, parodies William Manchester's book on Kennedy, and more. Reprint. 15,000 first printing.

Confessions of a Raving, Unconfined Nut: Misadventures in Counter-Culture

Touchstone

Tales of Tongue Fu.

Literature & Fiction

Short Stories & Anthologies

Berkeley: And Or

Sex, Drugs, and the Twinkie Murders

Essays & Correspondence

Loompanics Unltd

Offers a collection of writings by the countercultural critic, including articles previously published in the "Los Angeles Times," "George," and "High Times" on topics ranging from Monica Lewinsky and John Lennon to JonBenet Ramsey and Timothy McVeigh.

Murder at the Conspiracy Convention: And Other American Absurdities

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

UNKNO

Paul Krassner's style of personal journalism constantly blurs the line between observer and participant. Nowhere is this more apparent than this collection of essays and interviews culled from his columns at AVN Online. Whether being interviewed by Susie Bright, or imagining a conversation between Pee-Wee Herman and Pete Townshend about their busts by overzealous cops, or reminiscing about his friend Lenny Bruce, Krassner shines his keen satirical mind on the so-called taboos of today's society and breaks them down to show the hypocrisy of the world's "culture warriors." With a biting wit and tongue firmly planted in cheek, Mr. Krassner reveals the absurdity of our oppressive social mores in this stark, funny, and ultimately thought-provoking collection.

In Praise of Indecency: The Leading Investigative Satirist Sounds Off on Hypocrisy, Censorship and Free Expression

Humor & Entertainment

Humor

Cleis Press

Part fictional narrative, part send-up of the New Age movement, and part comedic triumph, Tales of Tongue Fu splits the reader's sides with hilarious misadventures and wicked social commentary. The book's hero, Tongue Fu, evolves from the humble son of a radioactive mother and a kamikaze pilot father to a guru — with an incredibly long tongue, which he uses for both romance and martial arts. Tongue Fu meets a cadre of riotous characters along his way, from Baba Blabla, who has been silent for 30 years, to Rosebud Zwaliyeh, an activist who joins a cult. At every turn, comedy legend Krassner skewers phony spiritualism with his formidable wit, and endlessly entertains with his razor-sharp satire and notorious sense of humor, as Trina Robbins delights with her singular artistic vision.

Tales of Tongue Fu

Ronin Publishing

Like to dabble with psychedelic concoctions? Ever been so desperate you’d eat morning-glory seeds on a salami and mustard sandwich, just trying to get high? Whether you’re an occasional user or a full-fledged abuser, this compilation of far-out stories will keep you entertained for hours. Paul Krassner, "father of the underground press," has gathered tales that explore the wacky, weird, and outrageous experiences of folks experimenting with magic mushrooms, ecstasy, peyote, opium, DMT, cocaine, belladonna, toad slime, and a whole host of other mind-blowing, eye-popping, consciousness-expanding substances. Stories by and about Terence McKenna, John Lennon, Ken Kesey, Ram Dass, William S. Burroughs, Michael Simmons, and R. U. Sirius will leave you laughing, groaning, and possibly gunning for a little something special from your own stash.

Magic Mushrooms and Other Highs: From Toad Slime to Ecstasy

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Addiction & Recovery

Ten Speed Press+

Counterculture legend Paul Krassner gazes on the fires of pop culture, politics and celebrity and returns unscathed to help us make sense of our senseless world, with an introduction by Lewis Black (The Daily Show) and a foreword by Harry Shearer (The Simpsons, Le Show). From cults to pornography, from Charles Manson to Homer Simpson, from the war on drugs to the invasion of Iraq, from Dolly Parton to Lenny Bruce, from circumcision to propaganda, this collection epitomizes Krassner's credo, "Irreverence is our only sacred cow."

One Hand Jerking: Reports From an Investigative Journalist

Seven Stories Press

The pieces in Pot Stories for the Soul are funny, whimsical, bizarre, poignant, informational, shocking, and, yeah, soulful. They are about love, hate, escape, reality, the paranormal, Allen Ginsberg, Ken Kesey, Michelle Phillips, Hunter Thompson, Abbie Hoffman, Wavy Gravy and peanut butter. Ultimately, these stories reveal the wide, weird, and wonderful subculture of stoners, where the reefers are mad, the joints are fat, and the buzz lasts for six-and-a-half days. Mainstream America has had an uneasy relationship with marijuana. Once a legal substance, the 1930s saw a massive campaign against the "Devil's Harvest" that led to pot being rendered illegal. In the 1960s, marijuana became one of the defining elements of the counterculture before once again being shunted to the sidelines. Over the last decade, however, marijuana has gone mainstream and has been the topic of seminars, expos, concerts, comedy routines, movies, TV shows, and college courses across the country. Originally published by High Times in 1999, Pot Stories for the Soul won the Firecracker Alternative Book Award and also became a Quality Paperback Book Club selection. This brand-new edition includes several new essays by Paul Krassner, plus his foreword, his afterword, and the evolution of cannabis sanity in between.

Pot Stories for the Soul

Catapult

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