Next: Young American Writers on the New Generation

By: Liu, Eric

Book Overview

America's much-discussed but little-understood twenty-somethings reveal their true face in this anthology of 16 personal essays by American writers aged 24 to 32. Humourous, ironic, satirical or angry, the contributors, including Naomi Wolf and poets Stephen Beachy and Paul Beatty, grapple with how the uncertain cultural, political and sexual times in which they came of age have affected their lives and views of the world.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0393311910
• ISBN13: 9780393311914
• Release Date: May 1994
• Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
• Length: 244 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.3" x 9.2"

Customer Reviews

Absolutely Excellent

One of my favorite essay collections of all time. I give it to my friends all the time, and have had to buy it over and over. From the perspective of an "x-gen" writers toward life itself -- the baby boomers, feminist awakening (as a porn star), getting a job, etc. Postmodern american youth. Wish there were more collections of this sort of young thought about our american life.