Marty Beckerman is an American journalist, humorist, and author. He was born in Anchorage, Alaska, and started his career with The Anchorage Daily News between 1998 and 2000, when he was still a junior and sophomore at Steller Secondary School.[ ] Maxim,
Beckerman wrote his first book at age 16.
Notable works
Death to All Cheerleaders
In 2000, Beckerman independently published a selection of his
Anchorage Daily News columns as
Death to All Cheerleaders: One Adolescent Journalist's Cheerful Diatribe Against Teenage Plasticity.
Generation S.L.U.T.
In 2004,
Generation S.L.U.T.: A Brutal Feel-Up Session with Today's Sex-Crazed Adolescent Populace, an exploration of the sex lives of modern teens. was published by Simon & Schuster and MTV Books.
When asked whether the book is a work of fiction or nonfiction, Beckerman replied that it is both. "The core of the book is the novella, but then I've got all the statistics, quotes from real kids, news clippings and other nonfiction elements. So I'm making the emotional case with my fictional characters, and the journalistic case with the hard numbers and quotes."
Dumbocracy
In September 2008, the
Disinfo published Beckerman's third book,
Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right and Other American Idiots.
The Heming Way
In 2011, Beckerman published
The Heming Way: How to Unleash the Booze-Inhaling, Animal-Slaughtering, War-Glorifying, Hairy-Chested, Retro-Sexual Legend Within... Just Like Papa! It received praise from
USA Today ("a laugh-out-loud parody"
) and
Kirkus Reviews ("a funny collection"
). It reached #1 on Amazon.com's parody bestseller list,
and Saint Martin's Press released an expanded edition in 2012.
Further reading
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Beckerman, Marty. Death to All Cheerleaders: One Adolescent Journalist's Cheerful Diatribe Against Teenage Plasticity, Infected Press, 2000, 200 pages.
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Beckerman, Marty. Generation S.L.U.T. Online, Simon & Schuster, 2004, 224 pages.
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Beckerman, Marty. Dumbocracy: Adventures with the Loony Left, the Rabid Right and Other American Idiots The Disinformation Company, 2008, 224 pages. ASIN: B001NEKIGS
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Beckerman, Marty. The Heming Way: How to Unleash the Booze-Inhaling, Animal-Slaughtering, War-Glorifying, Hairy-Chested, Retro-Sexual Legend Within, Just Like Papa!, Saint Martin's Press, 2012, 224 pages.
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