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Seven short stories explore such themes as boyhood in Buffalo, a failed interracial affair, and the thoughts of a man lying on a freeway divider, in a collection that explores the author's political beliefs. Winner of the Editor's Book Award. (view table of contents)

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9780916366490 | Pushcart Pr, March 1, 1996, cover price $25.00 | About this edition: Seven short stories explore such themes as boyhood in Buffalo, a failed interracial affair, and the thoughts of a man lying on a freeway divider, in a collection that explores the author's political beliefs

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What do men—white straight men in particular—want? In a series of witty and provocative investigations of American popular culture, Fred Pfeil exposes the contradictions in the construction of white heterosexual masculinity over the last fifteen years. White Guys probes such topics as the rock‘n’roll bodies of Bruce Springsteen, Axl Rose, and the late Kurt Cobain; the “male rampage” films Die Hard and Lethal Weapon and the films of “sensitive transformation” that followed in their wake; and the curious yet symptomatic activities of the men’s movement whose “rituals” Pfeil has investigated firsthand.

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9781859849378 | Verso Books, June 1, 1995, cover price $20.00 | About this edition: What do men—white straight men in particular—want?

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9781859840320 | Verso Books, June 1, 1995, cover price $39.95

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Product Description: Through his work as a fiction writer, critic and activist, Fred Pfeil has sought to extend the progressive possibilities within contemporary American culture. Idiosyncratic and provocative, Another Tale to Tell moves from evaluations of politically engaged texts and practices—such as Hans Haacke’s deconstructive artwork, Chester Himes’ Harlem police thrillers, ‘cyberpunk’ and the feminist science fiction of Octavia Butler—to considerations of the history, dynamics and potential of postmodern culture...read more

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9780860912774 | Verso Books, July 1, 1990, cover price $60.00 | About this edition: Through his work as a fiction writer, critic and activist, Fred Pfeil has sought to extend the progressive possibilities within contemporary American culture.

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9780860919926 | Verso Books, July 1, 1990, cover price $19.00 | About this edition: Through his work as a fiction writer, critic and activist, Fred Pfeil has sought to extend the progressive possibilities within contemporary American culture.

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9780899240473 | Lynx House Books, November 1, 1987, cover price $11.00

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Ernest Goodman, a professional friend in twenty-first century America, is hired by Richard Devine of OMNICO, Inc. and becomes caught up in corporate intrigues

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9780253326171 | Indiana Univ Pr, February 1, 1986, cover price $5.95 | About this edition: Ernest Goodman, a professional friend in twenty-first century America, is hired by Richard Devine of OMNICO, Inc.

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