Chuck Klosterman

Chuck Klosterman is an American author and essayist whose work centers on popular culture, especially rock music and sports. Born in Breckenridge, Minnesota, he spent his childhood on a farm in Wyndmere, North Dakota, and studied journalism at the University of North Dakota. He started as a journalist in Fargo, then reported and reviewed arts for the Akron Beacon Journal before a move to New York City in 2002. From 2002 to 2006 he was a senior writer and columnist at Spin, and he has contributed to GQ, Esquire, The New York Times Magazine and The Washington Post. He also authored the Ethicist column at The New York Times Magazine, and in 2002 his music criticism earned him the ASCAP Deems Taylor award. He has published 13 books, including the best-selling collection Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs, and was interviewed in Shut Up and Play the Hits (2012), a documentary about LCD Soundsystem.