Reality Matters

Whether you love or hate reality shows, you can’t deny that their ridiculousness offers plenty of material for writers to riff on. And riff these veterans do, in this volume from It Books. Permanent Midnight author Jerry Stahl expounds on Lockup, Neil Strauss (The Game) wants to hunt down Dog the Bounty Hunter, and Richard Rushfield (Don’t Follow Me, I’m Lost) gets a tattoo at the behest of an American Idol entrant and remains proud. Fun, funny, and surprising.