"[Beckerman] will have readers laughing ... and then angrily clawing at their eyes ... similar to Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert... a welcome kick in the gonads."
—TheVoyager (University of West Florida)
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Bio
Marty Beckerman, 27, is the author of Dumbocracy, Generation S.L.U.T. and Death to All Cheerleaders. He has written for Playboy, Discover, Reason, Radar, Huffington Post, New York Press, Salon.com and the Daily Beast, and has been featured by the New York Times, the Atlantic, Gawker, MSNBC, ABC News, Fox News Channel and National Public Radio. Hunter S. Thompson once called him a "morbid little bastard," which Beckerman considers the greatest compliment of his career.
Originally from Anchorage, Alaska, Beckerman lives in New York City, just one professional asshole amongst millions.
Books
New Daily Beast Article: Making Peace with Nick McDonell
Between 2002-2004 I relentlessly bashed an author my age whose success I envied/resented. (My tirades appeared in New York Press, New York, the New York Daily News, New York Post, and every other publication with New York in the title.) We recently sat down for an interview, and I offered an olive branch.