Andrei Codrescu’s The Posthuman Dada Guide was reviewed by Carly Berwick in the Los Angeles Times this past weekend. The first paragraph perfectly sums up why this book is so important right now:

The job is gone, the 401(k) is gutted, college tuition is due, and “Grey’s Anatomy” is a shadow of its former self. Can’t decide whether to cry or laugh? Laugh at absurdity, laugh at hardship, laugh at poverty, says Andrei Codrescu in his maddening, enlightening, self-contradictory, highly amusing new book, “The Posthuman Dada Guide: Tzara & Lenin Play Chess.” It’s what dada — the manic, prankish art-cult of wartime and depression — advises.

If you are in the Houston area, you may be interested to hear that Andrei will read and sign copies of The Posthuman Dada Guide at The Menil Collection tonight at 7:00 PM.