Stories and essays from the New York Timesbestselling author: ‚;Remarkable … firmly establishes Southern as one of America’s foremost writers‘ (George Plimpton). One of the great collections, the range found here is impressive: from new journalism to absurd parodies and theatrical sketches; from absurd short riffs to Southern’s most classic and lyrical early works of fiction. ‚;Red-Dirt Marijuana, ‚ the insightful, funny, and moving story of the relationship between a white boy and a black man, is paired with the horrific knock-down, drag-out of ‚;Razor Fight.’One of the most scandalous stories ever published, ‚;The Blood of a Wig, ‚ combines an insider’s look at the ‚;Quality Lit‘ biz, the drug underground of Greenwich Village, and a vision of necrophilia involving one of America’s most sacred cows. There is an imaginary encounter between Freud and Kafka in ‚;Apartment to Exchange, ‚ a skewering of the liberal white man and his efforts to befriend a black jazz musician in ‚;You’re Too Hip, Baby, ‚ an exploration of race relations, moonshine, and the baton-twirling subculture in the personal essay ‚;Twirling at Ole Miss‘ (identified by Tom Wolfe as the first instance of ‚;New Journalism‘), and many more pieces with Southern’s signature dark satire, unconventional storylines, and pitch-perfect dialogue.Red-Dirt Marijuana and Other Tastes is a wild, funny, and dazzlingly diverse trip through the American culture of the 1950s and 1960s.This ebook features an illustrated biography of Terry Southern including rare photos and never-before-seen documents from the author’s estate.