This image is the cover for the book Marijuana Chronicles, Akashic Drug Chronicles

Marijuana Chronicles, Akashic Drug Chronicles

“A gem” of a collection of marijuana stories, poems and artwork by Joyce Carol Oates, Lee Child, Linda Yablonsky, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, and others (New York Journal of Books).

It’s known by many names: Pot. Grass. Hash. Hemp. Reefer. Ganja. Dope. Weed. Smoke. Spliff. Mary Jane. Tea. Blunt.

And it has played just as many parts in the mind of the public, from Reefer Madness to medical marijuana. Here is a collection of new works as diverse and provocative as the drug itself. From Joyce Carol Oates’s “High” to Dean Haspiel’s “Cannibal Sativa”; from Maggie Estep’s “Zombie Hookers of Hudson” to Philip Spitzer’s “Tips for the Pot-Smoking Traveler,” this collection explores the drug in its many forms and varietals. In prose, pictures, stories, and poems, you can delve into the folklore and the facts, rich cultural history, and dramas personal, political, spiritual, and legal.

Like Dave Chappelle says: “Hey, hey, hey. Smoke weed every day.”

Jonathan Santlofer, Amanda Stern, Linda Yablonsky, Lee Child, Abraham Rodriguez, Dean Haspiel, Joyce Carol Oates, Maggie Estep, Bob Holman, Cheryl Lu-Lien Tan, Jan Heller Levi, Josh Gilbert, Edward M. Gómez, Raymond Mungo, Rachel Shteir, Philip Spitzer, Thad Ziolkowski

Jonathan Santlofer is the author of five best-selling novels, including The Death Artist, Color Blind, and Anatomy of Fear. He is the recipient of a Nero Wolfe Award, two National Endowment for the Arts grants, and has been a visiting artist at the American Academy in Rome and the Vermont Studio Center. He serves on the board of Yaddo, the oldest arts community in the United States. A native New Yorker, Santlofer lives and works in Manhattan, New York. 

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