American Nomad Quotes

“When L.A.’s schizophrenia between Dreamland and Utopia was becoming socially manifest, the United States, which was always a place, went to war with America, which was always an idea.”
― Steve Erickson, American Nomad

“In the sexual shadowland of the Nineties, commentary converges with confession.”
― Steve Erickson, American Nomad

“Springsteen . . . was completely relevant and utterly anomalous at once, by way of a passion on the one hand that matched the punk moment, and a romanticism on the other hand that defied the postmodern moment.”
― Steve Erickson, American Nomad

“One of those random acts of vandalism that metaphors commit now and then.”
― Steve Erickson, American Nomad

“America had . . . become a country of nomads, who wandered the hallways of the American soul not sure if they were in a funhouse or a cancer ward.”
― Steve Erickson, American Nomad