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Pulphead
First edition
AuthorJohn Jeremiah Sullivan
LanguageEnglish
GenreEssay Collection
PublisherFarrar, Straus and Giroux
Publication date
2011
Publication placeUnited States
Media typePrint Paperback
Pages369 pp
ISBN978-0-374-53290-1
080—dc23

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,[1] a Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2011,[2] and one of Amazon's Best of the Month for November 2011.[3]

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[4] and a 2011 Pushcart Prize.[5]

Original Publishing Home of Pulphead Essays

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The Paris Review

GQ

Harper's Magazine

Critical reception

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According to Book Marks, the book received "rave" reviews based on twenty-two critic reviews with twenty being "rave" and two being "positive".[6] On The Omnivore, a British aggregator of press reviews, the book received an "omniscore" of 4.5 out of 5.[7]

References

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  1. ^ "100 Notable Books of 2011". The New York Times. 21 November 2011.
  2. ^ "The Top 10 of Everything 2011". Time. 7 December 2011. Archived from the original on January 7, 2012.
  3. ^ "Best Books of the Month: November 2011". Amazon.
  4. ^ "The Paris Review Wins National Magazine Award".
  5. ^ "John Jeremiah Sullivan Wins Prize, Does Paris Review Proud".
  6. ^ "Pulphead: Essays". Book Marks. Retrieved 17 February 2024.
  7. ^ "Pulphead: Dispatches from the Other Side of America". The Omnivore. Archived from the original on 31 Dec 2012. Retrieved 12 July 2024.
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