Matthew Specktor

Matthew Specktor is the author of 'Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles'. He contributes insights into literature, with a special focus on the analog aspects of reading and the evolution of book formats, particularly discussing the impact and significance of mass market paperbacks.
Recommendations
24 AUG 2021

Always Crashing in the Same Car: On Art, Crisis, and Los Angeles, California
A new release by Matthew Specktor.
23 MAR 2021

You vs. Wild
A complex literary novel by Shirley Hazzard.
24 AUG 2021

Strange Sisters: The Art of Lesbian Pulp Fiction 1949-1969
A book about the gloriously lurid look of midcentury dime store novels.
Editions
24 AUG 2021
The Mass Market Paperback Edition
On editions, reading habits, and portability