Talia Lavin is a writer who has had bylines in the New Yorker, the New Republic, the New York Times Review of Books, the Washington Post, the Village Voice, and more.
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"Culture Warlords is a shock to the system-an urgent, incendiary
work that takes us into the most hate-filled corners of American
culture. Having immersed herself, Gonzo-style, in a toxic online
world where white supremacy is the norm, Talia Lavin shows us the
fun-house mirror reflection of American culture. Lavin writes like
her hands are on fire, forcing us to take a hard look at our
nation's ugliest truths."--PAMELA COLLOFF, New York Times Magazine
and ProPublica
"[A] skillful memoir... [with] highly useful insights... Righteous
indignation meets techie magic to shine light on one of America's
most malignant warts."--Kirkus Reviews, Starred Review
"[Lavin's] notes... are hilarious even as they give us a better
understanding of what the more obscure communities of the internet
are hiding."--The Lit Hub
"As someone who has gone undercover and waded through the dark
trenches of white supremacy, I know firsthand how jarring it can be
to find yourself in the belly of the beast-and the courage it takes
to dig your way to the other side. Culture Warlords is a searingly
original and breathtaking feat of fearless journalism, and it is
required reading for anyone who seeks to understand the nefarious
context for the world we live in today."--RON STALLWORTH, New York
Times bestselling author of Black Klansman
"In Culture Warlords, Talia Lavin capably leads readers through
chilly tunnels of loathing, burrowing deep into dens of violent
racism, anti-Semitism, and misogyny. She describes communities of
hate and how they're growing with precision, seriousness, and
humor. Even as she takes on multiple identities, readers will find
in her a steady and often lyrical guide: transparent about her
fears, fury, and ever-changing sense of self. Culture Warlords is
surely brutal and urgent; it is also unexpectedly
delicate."--REBECCA TRAISTER, New York Times bestselling author of
All the Single Ladies and Good and Mad
"Lavin takes investigative journalism to the next level... This is
a heavy read, but an important one."--Library Journal
"Talia Lavin's Culture Warlords is a necessary and urgent read that
could not have come at a much better time. You will be astounded at
the depths to which Lavin sinks to expose how far and wide white
supremacy spreads across both real-life meetings and internet
communities. Thoroughly researched and engaging, this debut
demonstrates the work of a fearless reporter."--MORGAN JERKINS,
NewYork Times bestselling author of This Will Be My Undoing and
Wandering in Strange Lands
"A wakeup call."--The Jerusalem Post
"An energetic and enlightening read and highly
recommended."--Counterpunch
"Culture Warlords is filled with solid reporting, plenty of
invective, and lots of fearless infiltration exposing how the
internet has helped expand a far-right culture of hatred and
violence."--Daily Beast
"...Culture Warlords should be at the top of your reading
list."--Bitch Media
"[In this book, Lavin] unmask[s] white supremacists in public,
denying them respectability and anonymity."--The New Republic
"A passionate book, and all the better for it since by immersing
her readers in the unreality of the white-nationalist and far-right
universe, most of us are jolted into both an intellectual and a
visceral understanding of what we're up against."--Daily Kos
"An incredibly effective alarm about the dangers -- both moral and
physical -- white supremacy."--Jewish News
"Equal parts gonzo journalism and sociological study of the rise of
the modern alt-right, the book is a disturbing but compelling
portrait of contemporary hatred and the people who perpetrate it,
all told in Ms. Lavin's deeply confident, emotionally wrenching
prose. It's the rare book that simultaneously offers a vital
big-picture overview of a social phenomenon and also makes you care
deeply about the author as a character in her own right." (From the
WHO READ WHAT feature)
--Tara Isabella Burton, author, most recently of Strange Rites: New
Religions for a Godless World, Wall Street Journal
"Lavin is an entertaining Virgil for this neo-Nazi hell...She
forges engaging narrative paths through the distant and near
history of the alt-right."
--Carolyn Kellogg for The New York Times
"One of the marvels of this furious book is how insolent and funny
Lavin is; she refuses to soft-pedal the monstrous views she
encounters."--New York Times Book Review
"Required reading for everyone who talks about whether and how to
regulate the internet."--ZD Net
"Wide-ranging, angry, and sadly relevant." --The Boston Globe
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