FAQs about Thomas Frank

  1. Who is Thomas Frank, anyway? Is he that guy on the South Side of Chicago they used to call “The Big Hurt”?
  2. No. Thomas Frank is the editor of The Baffler magazine and the author of four books: The Wrecking Crew (2008), What’s the Matter With Kansas? (2004), One Market Under God (2000), and The Conquest of Cool (1997).

  3. That’s nice. But what has he done lately?

    He moved to Washington, D.C. a few years ago and is now a weekly opinion columnist for the Wall Street Journal. You can find his latest writing here.

  4. What’s The Baffler?
  5. The Baffler is a little magazine dedicated to giving the chancers, chiselers, mountebanks and buffoons who make American culture their due before a literate public. The latest issue was mailed in January 2010. If you’re a subscriber, be sure The Baffler has your current address information. If you’re not a subscriber, and you’d like to get a free sample issue of the magazine, click here.

  6. Will Tom be coming to my town soon?
  7. Probably not. He is doing no more speaking engagements for a while.

  8. Let’s say I want to write him an email. How would I do that?
  9. Try looking here.

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