American Epidemic: Reporting from the Front Lines of the Opioid Crisis

Description

Timely: The opioid crisis is front-page news as the most deadly addiction crisis in US History, with nearly 50,000 deaths attributed to opioid overdoses in 2017. Sales record: McMillian's most recent book has a strong track in the trade, and TNP book The Radical Reader has sold over 12K copies. Groundbreaking: No comparable collection exists on the crisis, and no book of comparable scope has been published - which is essential to grasp the contours of the crisis. High Profile Foreword: Leslie Jamison is one of the nation's most critically-acclaimed writers on issues of personal addiction. All-star contributors: including Pulitzer Prize-winners and other nationally-celebrated writers. Media track record: McMillian's writing on pop culture has received glowing national review attention, in the New York Times, Harper's, Salon.com and elsewhere. Platform: McMillian and Jamison are media-savvy authors, each with personal stories of addiction that speak directly to the issues raised in the book.

John McMillian is an associate professor of American history at Georgia State University. He is the author of Beatles vs. Stones and Smoking Typewriters, editor of American Epidemic (The New Press), and a co-editor of The Radical Reader and Protest Nation (both published by The New Press). He lives in Atlanta.

Praise for American Epidemic: "A kaleidoscopic introduction to the devastation wrought by-and possible remedies for-the opioid crisis." -Kirkus Reviews "Each piece is well-written, and together they bring light to a quiet but deadly scourge, create plenty of sympathy for its victims, and inspire readers to consider what society can do." -Publishers Weekly "These pieces are brave, clear-eyed, heartbreaking and pragmatic-but above all, they're impossible to put down." -Seth Mnookin, professor of science writing, MIT, and author of The Panic Virus and the New York Times bestselling Feeding the Monster "John McMillian has masterfully assembled a crucial window into the origins, expansion, and deepening devastation of the latest drug abuse nightmare to menace our society. American Epidemic also demonstrates the ugly racial and economic disparities that cynically distort our reactions to drug abuse." -Douglas A. Blackmon, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Slavery by Another Name: The Re-Enslavement of Black People in America from the Civil War to World War II