{"product_id":"big-rewind-a-memoir-brought-to-you-by-pop-culture-paperback","title":"Big Rewind: A Memoir Brought to You by Pop Culture - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eNathan Rabin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathan Rabin viewed pop culture as a life-affirming form of escape throughout his childhood and adolescence.\u003c\/b\u003e As an adult, pop culture became his life. Head writer for \u003ci\u003eA.V. Club \u003c\/i\u003efor more than a decade, Rabin uses specific books, songs, albums, films, and television shows as springboards for dissecting his Dickensian life story in his acclaimed memoir \u003ci\u003eThe Big Rewind\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRabin writes movingly and hilariously about how pop culture helped save him from suicidal despair, institutionalization, and parental abandonment during a childhood that sent him ricocheting from a mental hospital to a foster home to a group home for emotionally disturbed adolescents. A fun book about depression, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Rewind \u003c\/i\u003eis ultimately a touching narrative of a motherless child's search for family and acceptance, and a darkly comic valentine to Rabin's lovable, hard-luck dad. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWith comic dissertations on everything from \u003ci\u003eThe Simpsons \u003c\/i\u003eto \u003ci\u003eThe Great Gatsby, \u003c\/i\u003eand from \u003ci\u003eGrey Gardens \u003c\/i\u003eto Dr. Dre, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Rewind \u003c\/i\u003echronicles Rabin's improbable yet all-too-true journey through life, and its fortuitous intersections with the dizzyingly wonderful world of entertainment.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eNathan Rabin \u003c\/b\u003eis a staff writer for \u003ci\u003eThe Dissolve\u003c\/i\u003e, a new film website from the popular music website \u003ci\u003ePitchfork\u003c\/i\u003e. Previously, he was the head writer for \u003ci\u003eThe A.V. Club\u003c\/i\u003e, the entertainment guide of \u003ci\u003eThe Onion\u003c\/i\u003e, a position he held until recently since he was a college student at University of Wisconsin at Madison in 1997. Rabin is also the author of a memoir, \u003ci\u003eThe Big Rewind\u003c\/i\u003e, and an essay collection based on one of his columns, \u003ci\u003eMy Year of Flops. \u003c\/i\u003eHe most recently collaborated with pop parodist \"weird Al\" Yankovic on a coffee table book titled \u003ci\u003eWeird Al: The Book\u003c\/i\u003e. Rabin's writing has also appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal, Spin, The Huffington Post, The Boston Globe, Nerve, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eModern Humorist.\u003c\/i\u003e He lives in Chicago with his wife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 384\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.9 x 9.1 x 6.1 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e July 13, 2010\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47551367020797,"sku":"9781416556213","price":30.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/3414\/0157\/files\/Y0ZPRjNoQXpFVUJDZElqQ3c3OXVUUT09.webp?v=1779215423","url":"https:\/\/booktolia.com\/products\/big-rewind-a-memoir-brought-to-you-by-pop-culture-paperback","provider":"booktolia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}