Pop culture essayist Chuck Klosterman, author of books like "Sex, Drugs, and Cocoa Puffs: A Low Culture Manifesto" and "Killing Yourself to To Live," will speak at 8 p.m. March 30 at the Rion Ballroom at the Reitz Student Union.
The event is free and open to the public.
After he speaks, Klosterman will answer questions and sign books.
In addition to his New York Times bestselling novels, Klosterman has written for Spin, Esquire, GQ, The Washington Post and ESPN.
The 38-year-oldauthor, who is from Brekenridge, Min.., even has a Facebook group named after him, called "If Chuck Klosterman spit in my face, I'd stop taking showers?".
In a phone interview with the Avenue, Klosterman said he sticks to what he knows in his effort to stay culturally relevant.
"I have to say I don't even try," he said. "I just follow what interests me."
He said he's unsure if what he writes about is on the edge of culture - he just hopes that what interests him interests other people, which is never certain.
Klosterman's life has changed since he married journalist Melissa Maerz in 2009. He used to write at night but has pushed his writing up the afternoon to prevent his wife from seeing him idling around when she comes home, he joked.
A typical day for Klosterman goes like this:
He gets up at about 10 a.m. then hangs around for a couple of hours.
He eats lunch, then he may write for four to five hours before hitting the gym.
He finishes the day with some drinks out or some TV at home.
In the fall, he'll release his new novel, "The Visible Man." Recently, he released an eCollection with e-books like "Chuck Klosterman on Sports" and "Chuck Klosterman on Living and Society."
He said if he wrote "Chuck Klosterman on Florida," he'd like to find people who live in Gainesville and hate Tim Tebow.
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