A rollicking history of America’s most iconic weekly newspaper told through the voices of its legendary writers, editors, and photographers.
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A well-made disco ball of a book — it’s big, discursive, ardent, intellectual and flecked with gossip … Romano, who worked at The Voice for eight years in its later stages, clearly asked good questions, and she has a snappy sense of conversational rhythm … The tone of The Freaks Came Out to Write is a symphonic kind of anarchy.
A salacious oral history of the publication that reads like a night at a gossipy media party … The book re-creates the feel of chatter in a newsroom.
Raucous … Unfolds like the kind of epic, many-roomed party that invokes the spirit of other parties and their immortal ghosts …
Romano’s massive oral history weaves hundreds of Voice voices into a work so addictive that you wish more authors would tackle the form.
March 14, 2025
Nov. 5 has come and gone, but some Kamala Harris supporters are refusing to believe the results. First, the voters noticed that women around the country seemed to have woken up at 4 a.m. with a strange feeling. A vibe shift, if you will. When they grabbed their phones, they saw the news: Donald Trump … Read more
March 13, 2025
Salons are implementing hourly pricing, billing more for basic services and handing hairdryers to customers, all to future-proof their businesses and prevent stylist burnout. Some customers say it’s out of control. Over the pandemic, I did what many anxious and bored women did: I messed with my hair. By which I mean I bleached highlights … Read more
March 13, 2025
The rising pop star now has five songs on the Hot 100. The venues her team picked out months ago are struggling to fit her ballooning audience. In September 2023, Chappell Roan opened the tour for her debut album, “The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess,” in Roseville, Calif., at the Goldfield Trading Post, a … Read more