barry bergman
“a vivid debut … a tough-minded meditation on politics, delusion, and survival in Nixon’s America”
—California magazine
“If there was hope,
it must lie in the proles.”
—George Orwell, 1984
Get to know me:
an interview with the author, by the author (tough, but fair)
"Just because you’re not a drummer doesn’t mean you don’t have to keep time.”
—Thelonious Monk
Words to live by:
"So it goes.”
—Kurt Vonnegut
A few words from, and about, Proles …
(Reading at Book Passage, Corte Madera, California, Nov. 8, 2025)
Video: Liza Gross
Photo: Lowry McFerrin