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Tag Archives: Josh Alan Friedman
Mad Max
I spent my morning with Josh Alan Friedman. We’ve walked a similar career path. He’s ten years older than me. What he says about his life today, I figure that’s going to be me in a few years. In 1986, … Continue reading
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I Interview Author Josh Alan Friedman In Pershing Square
Bio: In 1987, writer-guitarist Josh Alan Friedman sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads (the Crossroads of the World–Broadway & 42nd Street) and moved to Texas. He’d just written Tales of Times Square, a cult classic. An Expanded … Continue reading
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White Like Me
Michael Simmons writes for the LA Weekly: From where I squint, Josh Alan Friedman is the finest American writer of books. (For you who travel solely on the cyberhighway, books are paper-made collections of text bound by a spine and … Continue reading
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‘Black Cracker’ – Josh Alan Friedman’s First Novel
Wednesday night I stop by Book Soup on Sunset Blvd for the first stop of the New Texture literary tour with authors Wyatt Doyle, Josh Alan Friedman and Chris Desjardins. Josh Alan’s new book, Black Cracker, has seven glowing reviews … Continue reading
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