Cinderella Story: Notes on Contemporary Culture

by Alex Abramovich

Cinderella Story collects the best work by one of the freshest young voices to have emerged in the (virtual) pages of Feed magazine. Though remarkably varied, each of the fifteen essays here exhibits an abiding concern for how the products of America's culture industry impact upon real American lives. "Abramovich cares deeply about some things it would be politic not to," Sam Lipsyte writes in his preface, "and dismantles popular lines of thought with no regard to free drinks forsaken. His stubborn course eschews easy categorizations, embraces nuance, paradox, sensation. Indeed, if there could be such a thing, you might call him a Method Critic - the way his felt actuality bleeds into his cultural knowledge."

116 pages, Paperback

First published June 1, 2002

About the author

Alex Abramovich is the author of Bullies: A Friendship. He writes for the London Review of Books, teaches at Columbia University, and lives in New York City.