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John Jeremiah Sullivan is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine and the southern editor of The Paris Review. He writes for GQ, Harper's Magazine, and Oxford American, and is the author of Blood Horses. Sullivan lives in Wilmington, North Carolina.
The ghost of Mark Twain is evoked in this outstanding collection of essays * Sunday Times * Pulphead is a big, fat, frequently exhilarating collection * Guardian * Pulphead has a ramshackle loquacity, a down-home hyper-eloquence and an off-the-wallishness that is quite distinct - and highly addictive -- Goeff Dyer The best, and most important collection of magazine writing since David Foster Wallace's A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again * New York Times Book Review * From prehistoric caves to Axl Rose's oxygen chamber, Sullivan's generous, witty voice lights up every page -- Joe Dunthorne The most involving collection of essays to appear in many a year * Harper's Baazar * I was totally blown away by this collection of the new new new journalism, or however many ""news"" we’re up to these days. I think I like it as much – at times, even more – than Foster Wallace’s A Supposedly Fun Thing I’ll Never do Again. And that, for me, is saying a lot -- (interview with) Zadie Smith * Foyles website * The best non-fiction... whether he’s writing about the southern literary tradition or smoking pot in Disneyland, the man is astute, funny and wonderful company -- Nick Laird * Guardian * The essay collection continues to thrive; of the many I came across this year, the best ... [included] Pulphead -- Leo Robson * New Statesman * Magnificent ... elegant, engaged and full of feeling... I’ve lost count of the number of people I’ve pressed it on -- Olivia Laing * New Statesman *
