Outlaw Academic

Lawrence Russell's collection of reminiscences & reviews & rants from his 30 years as a playwright, rock musician, creative writing professor and audio magazine publisher... what can you expect? A swag bag of tempting topics written in Russell's irascible style... it's autobiography and insight as LR casts his gaze on Movies (64 of them from Hollywood, Film Noir, Neo-Noir, The Italians, TV Drama), Literature (20 books), and Music & Media (LR's rock past, plus "hipsters" like Chet Baker, Keith Richards and Adolf Hitler). Large scale, full colour, jammed with photos -- and Russell's unique approach to enhancing your appreciation of these famous and not-so-famous cultural works. Fascinating, funny, fraught with opinion -- it's a thought-provoking journey well worth the paltry price of admission.