About the Author

MICHAEL BARSON has a Ph.D. in American Culture and is the author of more than a dozen celebrations of American popular culture, including Better Dead Than Red!, Teenage Confidential, and Lost, Lonely & Vicious. He has contributed articles to Entertainment Weekly and American Film and to such NPR shows as Morning Edition and Fresh Air. Barson grew up in Eisenhowerera Massachusetts but despite that is well aware how good a Shiner Bock on ice can taste.