Andrei Codrescu - Publications

Click here to order this Hardback from Amazon.com	THE DEVIL NEVER SLEEPS and Other Essays (St. Martin's Press, 2000) "The Devil never sleeps because he's got too much to do and the things he's already done keep him awake. So the Devil is no different than your average American with too much to do and too much to think about. If there is a difference between the Devil and the average Joe, it is only that the Devil feels no guilt."
Click here to order this Hardcover from Amazon.com	A BAR IN BROOKLYN (Black Sparrow Press, 1999) Andrei Codrescu's stories have been scattered in various literary journals, from The Paris Review to the Hot Water Review. They are now gathered for the first time in "A Bar in Brooklyn," Black Sparrow Press, a collection that spans an intense and creative time from 1970 until 1978. Prefaced by the author.
Click here to order this Hardcover from Amazon.com	THUS SPAKE THE CORPSE An Exquisite Corpse Reader 1988-1998 Volume I - Poetry and Essays (Black Sparrow Press, 1999) THUS SPAKE THE CORPSE: AN EXQUISITE CORPSE READER, 1988-1998 is the long-awaited anthology from the pages of "Exquisite Corpse: a Journal of Books & Ideas," the decade's liveliest and most controversial literary magazine. Edited by Andrei Codrescu and Laura Rosenthal, published by Black Sparrow Press, this collection of over two hundred poets and essayists, represents some of the most brilliant and contentious literature of our time. Decried by some as "the New Yorker of the Avantgarde," and praised by others as "the light in the murk of current Am Lit," the Exquisite Corpse can now be savored in its spacious fullness. The second volume, containing translations, travel reports, and "lives of the poets," will be published by Black Sparrow in Spring 2000.
Click here to order this Hardcover from Amazon.com	MESSIAH: A NOVEL (Simon & Schuster, 1999) A brilliantly conceived tale of messianic longing, set as Armageddon rages across the globe at the turn of the millennium.
Click here to order this Hardcover from Amazon.com	AY, CUBA! A Socio-Erotic Journey by Andrei Codrescu with photographs by David Graham (St. Martin's Press, February 1999)
Click here to order this Hardcover from Amazon.com	HAIL BABYLON ! In Search of the American City at the End of the Millennium (St. Martin's Press, 1998) In his most important nonfiction work since "Road Scholar", Andrei Codrescu takes readers cross-country through the increasingly alluring American urban landscape. From New York and Baltimore to New Orleans and Little Rock--and several cities in between--Codrescu considers "the city as wilderness", a place where the ecology of human desires and the work of the mind find their optimum conditions.
	LICENSE TO CARRY A GUN (Carnegie-Mellon Univ Press, 1998)
Click here to order this Paperback from Amazon.com	THE DOG WITH THE CHIP IN HIS NECK Essays from NPR and Elsewhere (Picardy Press, 1997) Codrescu writes of people who are having dreams about cyberspace and others who are simply obsessed with it; about his experiences going back to his native Romania; about meeting Miss America; about traveling by bus and by plane; and about one very odd dog with her own Internet address. Throughout all of it, the reader is engaged by a deft tension between Codrescu's charmingly boundless optimism and his wry world-weariness.
Click here to order this Audiotape from Amzaon.com	NO TACOS FOR SADDAM Audio Cassette (Ten Speed Press Audio, 1997) Sometimes grouch and always perspective commentator for NPR's All Things Considered, Codrescu talks of many things,from eternal life, the normal family, crab enchiladas, and obscenity in search of art to his hometown of Sibiu, Romania.
Click here to order this Paperback from Amazon.com Click here to order this Audiotape from Amazon.com	THE BLOOD COUNTESS: A NOVEL (Dell Books, 1996) Andrei Codrescu has written a fascinating first novel based on the life of his real-life ancestor, Elizabeth Bathory, the legendary Blood Countess. Codrescu expertly weaves together two stories in this neo-gothic work: that of the 16th century Hungarian Countess Elizabeth Bathory, a beautiful and terrifying woman who bathes in the blood of virgin girls; and of her distant descendant, a contemporary journalist who must return to his native Hungary and come to terms with his bloody and disturbing past. Drake Bathory-Kereshbur, a Hungarian-born journalist who has lived in the United States, returns to his native Hungary, only to be the target for recruitment among a patriotic group that wants to restore the glory - and the honor - of the Hungarian aristocracy. As a descendant of the Countess Elizabeth Bathory, he is heir to all that is wonderful and terrible about his country and his family's past. Codrescu brilliantly explores Drake's anguish, as he realizes the truth behind his gruesome family history. But more importantly, Codrescu also creates a convincing and historically accurate picture of a sadistic woman obsessed with youth, vigor, beauty, and blood...a woman with enough power to order the deaths of 650 virgins so that she could bathe in their blood. The Blood Countess is a bizarre and compelling book about the horrors of the past, shown so effectively in the monstrous yet attractive personality of Elizabeth, and what pull these horrors have on those who live now.
Click here to order this Audio CD from Amazon.com	VALLEY OF CHRISTMAS : An Ancient Fable with Modern Appliances (Gert Town Records, 1997) Written and Narrated by Andrei Codrescu Music by Mark Bingham Click here for a soundclip - you will need RealPlayer G2, available free from www.real.com.
Signed editions available from the author. Please email Andrei for more information.	THE HOLE IN THE FLAG: A Romanian Exile's Story of Return and Revolution (William Morrow and Co., 1991) The Hole in the Flag is Andrei Codrescu's personal account of the fall of a tyrannical regime, and the exhilaration of a country reborn. He shares the triumph of the workers and citizens on the festive New Year's streets, and reunites with old friends and colleagues that he left behind. With he keen eye of a reporter, Codrescu reveals the hideous secrets of the Ceausescu nightmare that lasted forty five years. Yet the reality of what Romania has in store once the parades have ended is described best from the heart of a poet. The combination of sensibilities creates a startlingly truthful perspective - a personal portrayal of political history.
Click here to order this Paperback from Amazon.com	ALIEN CANDOR : Selected Poems, 1970-1995 (Black Sparrow Press, 1996) Language did not seem all that important, writes the Romanian-born Andrei Codrescu in the introduction to his Alien Candor: Selected Poems 1970-1995. "The main thing was being a poet." Codrescu, who cheerfully admits that he was just learning English when he wrote the first poems in the selection (it took him until 1973 to capitalize his I's), has never let linguistic niceties limit self-expression. Fans of Codrescu's NPR commentaries will likely enjoy this retrospective in verse.
Click here to order this Paperback from Amazon.com	THE MUSE IS ALWAYS HALF-DRESSED IN NEW ORLEANS AND OTHER ESSAYS (Picador USA, 1995) Trenchant, entertaining, often hilarious essays by NPR journalist and All Things Considered commentator Codrescu. The essays, over half of which have never been published and none of which have appeared in book form, are quintessentially American - and also the work of someone raised at the school of Montaigne.
Click here to order this Hardcover from Amazon.com Signed editions available from the author. Please email Andrei for more information.	ROAD SCHOLAR : Coast to Coast Late in the Century (Hyperion, 1993) Andrei Codrescu describes his coast-to-coast journey across the United States, discussing the beatniks, ex-hippies, and poets in New York's East Village, a drive-through wedding in Las Vegas and other oddities. Inspired by Kerouac's legendary paean to American waderlust, On the Road, Codrescu sets out to discover for himself the wonders of the USA. Published to tie in with its companion PBS-TV special, the book sparkles with the author's wit and sardonic humor. 60 photos.
Click here to order this Paperback from Amazon.com	ZOMBIFICATIONS: Stories from National Public Radio (Picador USA, 1995) Never at a loss for a trenchant comment, Andrei Codrescu has been chronicling the absurdities of American culture for over 10 years. This collection of essays includes lively riffe on whales, dreams, gypsies, and weather, as well as larger subjects such as the collapse of communism and radical change in American politics.
	The Repentance of Lorraine: A Novel (New York: Rhinoceros Books, 1994)
	Plato Sucks Audio Tape (Los Angeles: Dove Audio, 1996)
	Fax Your Prayers Audio Tape (Los Angeles: Gang of Seven, BMG Distributors)
	American Life with Andrei Codrescu Two One-Hour Audio Tapes (Washington, DC: NPR)
	Belligerence (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1993)
	Comrade Past and Mister Present (Minneapolis: Coffee House Press, 1991)
	The Disappearance of the Outside: a Manifesto for Escape (Boston: Addison-Wesley Co. 1990; a study of exile)
	At the Court of Yearning: Poems by Lucian Blaga (Translation) (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio State University Press, 1989; translation of Romania's great modern poet).
	Craving for Swan (Columbus, Ohio: Ohio University Press, 1988)
	Raised by Puppets Only to Be Killed by Research (Boston: Addison-Wesley Co. 1987)