The Dog Is Us (Audible Audio Edition) Marcelle Clements Audible Studios Books
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"About 15 percent of all Americans are estimated to be Marijuana smokers, and 56 million have tried it at least once. These figures have been published so often that it's easy to get the impression that marijuana smoking is one of the more secure 60s legacies. The trouble is that the statistics one always hears about relate to those who try or use marijuana. And the fact that those figures are staggering only makes it seem all the more surprising that a dramatic number of people have stopped using the drug."
But why did we stop? The Dog Is Us is Marcelle Clements's iconic eulogy to her 60s-era romance with marijuana - a wry, observant reverse-anthem for the days when we let our consciousness wander to the edge.
The Dog Is Us was originally published in Rolling Stone, September 2, 1982.
The Dog Is Us (Audible Audio Edition) Marcelle Clements Audible Studios Books
When I saw that Marcelle Clements's profiles and essays had gone up as Kindles Singles, I jumped to buy them. In addition to being a huge fan of her journalism, she's a very good friend of mine.This is the title essay of one of her collections. I think of it as a companion essay to her "Terminal Cool", which also tries to recapture "the spirit of a certain epoch" -- her epoch, the Sixties. The immediate question of "The Dog Is Us", though, is why so many of her generation, who once seemed to smoke marijuana and drop acid as a matter of principle, have given it up--herself included. What's changed? Do they just not enjoy getting high anymore? Are they warned off by the social stigma? Is it no longer cool enough?
Clements explores these questions with intelligence and playfulness. "I'm the kind of person who gets upset if someone reminds me too early in the day that the universe is finite yet boundless," she tells us. Yet under the playfulness, I detected a sweet melancholy, too. She marshals an impressive array of information, but what sticks with you aren't the statistics, it's the metaphorical dog of the title and all it represents, truth or lies, about the gulf between that epoch and this one.
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The Dog Is Us (Audible Audio Edition) Marcelle Clements Audible Studios Books Reviews
I picked this book up at a used book store because the cover caught my eye. Once I started reading, I couldn't stop. She's got a great way of putting things. She can really put you in her shoes when she's doing a piece on someone, really captures their vibe. A book I really enjoyed reading and will enjoy reading again
Going by the title this book was definitely not what I was thinking it was going to be about. Of course I mean "Dogs". Haha of all things it was about marijuana. It was interesting and a pretty good read. I didn't learn anything that I didn't already know but as I said it was very interesting. I liked it.
When I saw that Marcelle Clements's profiles and essays had gone up as s Singles, I jumped to buy them. In addition to being a huge fan of her journalism, she's a very good friend of mine.
This is the title essay of one of her collections. I think of it as a companion essay to her "Terminal Cool", which also tries to recapture "the spirit of a certain epoch" -- her epoch, the Sixties. The immediate question of "The Dog Is Us", though, is why so many of her generation, who once seemed to smoke marijuana and drop acid as a matter of principle, have given it up--herself included. What's changed? Do they just not enjoy getting high anymore? Are they warned off by the social stigma? Is it no longer cool enough?
Clements explores these questions with intelligence and playfulness. "I'm the kind of person who gets upset if someone reminds me too early in the day that the universe is finite yet boundless," she tells us. Yet under the playfulness, I detected a sweet melancholy, too. She marshals an impressive array of information, but what sticks with you aren't the statistics, it's the metaphorical dog of the title and all it represents, truth or lies, about the gulf between that epoch and this one.
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