{"product_id":"health-and-safety-a-breakdown-by-emily-witt","title":"Health and Safety: A Breakdown by Emily Witt","description":"\u003cp\u003eFrom \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKnopf \/ Pantheon\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew Yorker\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003estaff writer and acclaimed author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eFuture Sex\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e(\"introspective and breathtakingly honest\"—\u003ci\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003ci\u003e,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ea memoir about drugs, techno, and New York City\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Witt elevates writing about altered states of consciousness to something akin to the most brilliant art criticism I’ve ever read in my life.\"—Jia Tolentino,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eTrick Mirror.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"mb-4\"\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eIn the summer of 2016, a divisive presidential election was underway, and a new breed of right-wing rage was on the rise. Emily Witt, who would soon publish her first book on sex in the digital age, had recently quit antidepressants for a more expansive world of psychedelic experimentation. From her apartment in Brooklyn, she began to catch glimpses of the clandestine nightlife scene thrumming around her.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHealth and Safety,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/i\u003eWitt charts her immersion into New York City’s dance music underground. Emily would come to lead a double life. By day she worked as a journalist, covering gun violence, climate catastrophes, and the rallies of right-wing militias. And by night she pushed the limits of consciousness in hollowed-out office spaces and warehouses to music that sounded like the future. But no counterculture, no matter how utopian, could stave off the squalor of American politics and the cataclysm of 2020.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAffectionate yet never sentimental,\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eHealth and Safety\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eis a lament for a broken relationship, for a changed nightlife scene, and for New York City just before the fall. Sparing no one—least of all herself—Witt offers her life as a lens onto an era of American delirium and dissolution.\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Dotters Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":52159188205861,"sku":"9780593317648","price":17.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":52159188238629,"sku":"9780593317649","price":27.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2167\/5269\/files\/9780593317648.jpg?v=1726264207","url":"https:\/\/dottersbooks.com\/products\/health-and-safety-a-breakdown-by-emily-witt","provider":"Dotters Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}