The marijuana chronicles
By: edited by Jonathan Santlofer
Series: Akashic drug chronicles series; Akashic drug chronicles series
Publisher: Akashic Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9781617751691; 9781617751639
Subjects: Fiction; Marijuana abuse; Marijuana
Description: "Like film, literature has been no stranger to marijuana and hashish, going back to Charles Baudelaire's 1860 Artificial Paradises, in which the French poet not only describes the effects of hashish but postulates it could be an aid in creating an ideal world. The pleasures, pains, and complexities of marijuana are more than hinted at in works by William S. Burroughs, Jack Kerouac, Allen Ginsberg, Henry Miller, Hunter S. Thompson, and Thomas Pynchon, to name just a few, and I hope this anthology will add to that legacy and keep the flame of pot literature burning bright . . .  This diverse group of writers, poets, and artists makes it clear that there is no one point of view here. Each of them approaches the idea of marijuana with the sharp eye of an observer, anthropologist, and artist, and expands upon it. Some writing projects are difficult; this one was smooth and mellow and a continual pleasure . . . I hope you will sit back, relax, and enjoy these wide-ranging tales of the most debated and discussed drug of our time. Though, according to former California governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, 'That is not a drug, it's a leaf.'"--from the introduction.
Notes: "This collection is comprised of works of fiction, with the exception of the nonfiction essays by Raymond Mungo and Rachel Shteir"--t.p. verso.
Table of contents: title: Part I: Dangerous.; title: My first drug trial  -- Lee Child; title: High  -- Joyce Carol Oates; title: Jimmy O'Brien  -- Linda Yablonsky; title: The last toke  -- Jonathan Santlofer -- Part II: Delirium & hallucination.; title: Moon dust  -- Abraham Rodriguez; title: Cannibal sativa  -- Dean Haspiel; title: Zombie hookers of Hudson  -- Maggie Estep; title: Pasta mon  -- Bob Holman -- Part III: Recreation & education.; title: Ganja ghosts  -- Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan; title: Acting lessons  -- Amanda Stern; title: Ethics class, 1971  -- Jan Heller Levi; title: The devil smokes ganja  -- Josh Gilbert; title: No smoking  -- Edward M. Gómez -- Part IV: Good & bad medicine.; title: Kush city  -- Raymond Mungo; title: Julie Falco goes west  -- Rachel Shteir; title: Tips for the pot-smoking traveler  -- Philip Spitzer; title: Jacked -- Thad Ziolkowski.