Hella nation

By Evan Wright

Subjects: Biography, Culture populaire, Mœurs et coutumes, Manners and customs, Histoire, American essays, Civilization, Popular culture, united states, Popular culture, Reporters and reporting, Social life and customs, United states, social life and customs, History, Adventure and adventurers, Culture

Description: Rolling Stone writer Wright offers 12 tales of outsiders, people more or less living off the grid in mainstream America. He profiles, for example, a member of Delta Company in Kandahar in southeastern Afghanistan dueling with the Taliban; a fun-loving regular at a dance hall; a committed local anarchist engaging in street theater at a global trade conference; a pastor of the Aryan Nation preaching against the evils of blacks and Jews; and two HIV-infected former porn stars.