The intertubes home of author Robert Lanham

Robert Lanham is the Margaret Mead of the North American Weirdo - Neal Pollack

    == BOOKS ==

• the hipster handbook

• food court druids,
cherohonkees and other
creatures unique to the republic


• the sinner's guide to the
evangelical right



    == ANTHOLOGIES ==

• bookmark now

• the subway chronicles


    == RECENT ARTICLES ==

• Generation Slap
Radar

• America's religious right: God's own country
The Independent

• Wearing Nothing but Attitude
New York Times

• Why Sonic Youth and Frappuccinos don't mix
men.style.com

• The MisShapes of Parenting
Offsprung


    == PRESS ==

• Your Life: Highly Classified, By Robert Lanham
  Washington Post profile of Robert Lanham

• Book Breaks Down Evangelical Right for 'Sinners'
Ethics Daily Profile

• Brand Name Bloggers
New York Magazine


    == WEBSITES ==

• freewilliamsburg.com
• evangelicalright.com
• hipsterhandbook.com
• foodcourtdruids.com


    == FRIENDS ==

• lanesisland
• cakehead
• rumproast
• andiamnotlying
• oprah
• little d eatery


    == THE MAN ==

• about robert lanham
• wikipedia page
• myspace
• facebook
• tumblr
• twitter
• contact me

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Short Mention in The New York Times

From the article "Why Blog? Reason No. 92: Book Deal"

But there are successes. On the nonhumor front, the best seller “Julie and Julia,” about a woman who cooked one Julia Child recipe a day, started as a blog, and “The Hipster Handbook,” spawned from freewilliamsburg.com in 2003, has sold 39,000, according to Nielsen BookScan.
The article is largely about the hilarious blog Stuff White People Like. Ironically, I mentioned this blog to my agent early in February knowing it would translate well to print. Looks like another agent beat him to it.

Incidentally, The Hipster Handbook has sold many more copies than reported by BookScan which often doesn't account for sales at independent and college book stores, the places where the satirical book has sold very well.