Pulphead

Pulphead is an essay collection by the American writer and editor John Jeremiah Sullivan. Pulphead has been named a 2011 New York Times Notable Book, a Time Magazine Top 10 Nonfiction Book of 2011, and one of Amazon's Best of the Month for November 2011.

Sullivan's essay "Mr. Lytle: An Essay," which recounts his time spent living with a then geriatric Andrew Nelson Lytle, won a 2011 National Magazine Award and a 2011 Pushcart Prize.

Original Publishing Home of Pulphead Essays
The Paris Review
 * "Mister Lytle", published in Pulphead as "Mr. Lytle: An Essay"
 * "Unnamed Caves", on American cave art

GQ
 * "The Last Wailer", on Bunny Wailer
 * "Back in the Day", on Michael Jackson, published in Pulphead as "Michael"
 * "The Final Comeback of Axl Rose", on Axl Rose
 * "Upon This Rock", on a visit to a Christian rock festival
 * "American Grotesque", on the Tea Party movement
 * "Violence of the Lambs", on the coming war between animals and humans
 * "Peyton's Place", on Sullivan's house being used as a filming location for the show One Tree Hill

Harper's Magazine
 * "Unknown Bards", on the history of blues music.