Pulphead
{{short description|2011 essay collection by John Jeremiah Sullivan}}
{{Infobox book |
| name = Pulphead
| image = File:Pulphead.jpg
| caption = First edition
| author = John Jeremiah Sullivan
| country = United States
| language = English
| series =
| genre = Essay Collection
| publisher = Farrar, Straus and Giroux
| release_date = 2011
| media_type = Print Paperback
| pages = 369 pp
| isbn = 978-0-374-53290-1
| dewey= 080—dc23
| congress=
}}
Pulphead is an essay collection by the American writer and editor John Jeremiah Sullivan. Pulphead has been named a 2011 New York Times Notable Book,{{cite news|title=100 Notable Books of 2011|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/22/books/review/100-notable-books-of-2011.html?pagewanted=all|newspaper=The New York Times | date=21 November 2011}} a Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2011,{{cite magazine|title=The Top 10 of Everything 2011|url=https://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101344_2101108_2101092,00.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107194347/http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101344_2101108_2101092,00.html|url-status=live|archive-date=January 7, 2012|magazine=Time | date=7 December 2011}} and one of Amazon's Best of the Month for November 2011.{{cite web|title=Best Books of the Month: November 2011| website=Amazon |url=https://www.amazon.com/gp/feature.html?docId=1000741041}}
Sullivan's essay "Mr. Lytle: An Essay," which recounts his time spent living with a then geriatric Andrew Nelson Lytle, won a 2011 National Magazine Award{{cite web|title=The Paris Review Wins National Magazine Award|url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/05/10/the-paris-review-wins-national-magazine-award/}} and a 2011 Pushcart Prize.{{cite web|title=John Jeremiah Sullivan Wins Prize, Does Paris Review Proud|url=http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2011/05/04/john-jeremiah-sullivan-wins-prize-does-paris-review-proud/}}
Original Publishing Home of ''Pulphead'' Essays
The Paris Review
- [http://www.theparisreview.org/letters-essays/6048/mister-lytle-an-essay-john-jeremiah-sullivan "Mister Lytle"], published in Pulphead as "Mr. Lytle: An Essay"
- [http://www.slate.com/id/2288619/ "Unnamed Caves"], on American cave art
GQ
- [https://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/201101/bunny-wailer-john-jeremiah-sullivan?printable=true "The Last Wailer"], on Bunny Wailer
- [https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200908/michael-jackson-john-jeremiah-sullivan-tribute?printable=true "Back in the Day"], on Michael Jackson, published in Pulphead as "Michael"
- [https://www.gq.com/entertainment/celebrities/200609/final-comeback-axl-rose?printable=true "The Final Comeback of Axl Rose"], on Axl Rose
- [https://www.gq.com/entertainment/music/200401/rock-music-jesus?printable=true "Upon This Rock"], on a visit to a Christian rock festival
- [https://www.gq.com/news-politics/big-issues/201001/american-grotesque-john-jeremiah-sullivan-birthers?printable=true "American Grotesque"], on the Tea Party movement
- [https://www.gq.com/news-politics/big-issues/200802/john-jeremiah-sullivan-violence-lambs-future-human-race "Violence of the Lambs"], on the coming war between animals and humans
- [https://www.gq.com/entertainment/movies-and-tv/201110/one-tree-house-filming-john-jeremiah-sullivan "Peyton's Place"], on Sullivan's house being used as a filming location for the show One Tree Hill
Harper's Magazine
- [http://harpers.org/archive/2008/11/0082278 "Unknown Bards"], on the history of blues music.
Critical reception
According to Book Marks, the book received "rave" reviews based on twenty-two critic reviews with twenty being "rave" and two being "positive".{{Cite web |title=Pulphead: Essays|url=https://bookmarks.reviews/reviews/pulphead-essays/|access-date=17 February 2024 |website=Book Marks}} On The Omnivore, a British aggregator of press reviews, the book received an "omniscore" of 4.5 out of 5.{{Cite web |title=Pulphead: Dispatches from the Other Side of America|url=http://www.theomnivore.co.uk/Book/8558-Pulphead_Dispatches_from_the_Other_Side_of_America/default.aspx|access-date=12 July 2024|website=The Omnivore|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121231020926/http://www.theomnivore.co.uk:80/Book/8558-Pulphead_Dispatches_from_the_Other_Side_of_America/default.aspx|archive-date=31 Dec 2012}} Prosenotes gave it a "A" (100%) from critic reviews. The consensus says: "‘Pulphead’ is a collection of insightful, honest, and touching non-fiction essays. Few could find anything bad to say about this book. It’s a Prosenotes Pick!".{{Cite web|title=‘Pulphead’ by John Jeremiah Sullivan|url=http://www.prosenotes.com/category/short-stories|access-date=12 July 2024|website=Prosenotes|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121108174711/http://www.prosenotes.com/category/short-stories|archive-date=8 Nov 2012}}
References
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External links
- [http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/books/2011/12/19/111219crbo_books_wood?currentPage=all Review by James Wood in ''The New Yorker]
- [https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/30/books/review/pulphead-by-john-jeremiah-sullivan-book-review.html?pagewanted=all New York Times Review]