Chalk Diary

Long regarded as one of the more livable and lively cities in the country, Austin's only constant is change, a state of play that has instigated endless and passionate arguments about whether that change is for the better, worse, neither or both. In a book that spans a little over a decade, one roving former freelance writer offers some insights about the city's future as told through a decade's worth of enlightening and occasionally just disgusting forays into subcultures both online and off. Adam Schragin's first collection Chalk Diary takes a temperature read of the times first through a lens of local music journalism - exploring death metal, psy-trance, and regular folk rock - and gradually expanding in scope to investigate both homegrown - and national - enclaves of white nationalism, populist and far left politics, and "radical feminism."

Product details

• Authors: Adam Schragin
• Publisher: Atmosphere Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.12.2022
• EAN: 9781639886388
• ISBN: 978-1-63988-638-8
• No. of pages: 194
• Dimensions: 140 mm x 216 mm x 11 mm
• Weight: 252 g
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Music > Music theory