COUNTER CULTURE profiles waitresses aged 50 and older who have been working in neighborhood diners throughout the United States.  Photographer, writer and former waitress, Candacy Taylor uses interview quotes, cultural criticism, documentary photography and oral histories to document an overlooked group of working women who have brought meaning and culture to the American roadside dining experience.

BOOK TOUR

Upcoming

February 11:  Berkeley, California

Pegasus Books  7:30pm

*book signing with waitress Sondra Dudley*


March 11:  San Carlos, California

San Carlos Library  7pm






WESTERN US


September 3:  San Francisco, California

Modern Times  7pm

*book signing with waitress Sondra Dudley*



September 5:  Santa Barbara, California

Chaucer's Books 7pm

*book signing with waitress Renee Donati*


September 7:  Los Angeles, California

Skylight Books  7:30

*book signing with waitress Rachel DeCarlo*


September 8:  Pasadena, California

Vroman’s Books  7pm

*book signing with waitress Jodell Kasmarsik*


September 12:  Reno, Nevada

Sundance Books  4pm

*book signing with waitress Georgina Moore*




EASTERN US


October 30:  New York City

Bluestockings Bookstore

172 Allen St. (Lower East Side)

9pm



October 15: Erlanger, KY

The Colonial Cottage

3140 Dixie Highway

11am - 2pm

*book signing with waitress Linda Exeler*


October 17: Louisville, Kentucky

Barnes & Noble

801 S. Hurstbourne Pkwy

2-4pm


October 20: Lexington, Kentucky

Joseph Beth Books 7pm

*book signing with waitress Juanita Bernard*



October 22: Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Joseph Beth Books 7pm


October 24: Baltimore, Maryland

Barnes & Noble 2pm


October 25: Washington D.C.

Trio Restaurant

1537 17th St. NW

*book signing with waitress Faye Blackwell*










“Thank you for making the invisible, visible.  - Gloria Steinem

“A wonderful read.” - The Wall St. Journal


BOOK REVIEWS

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PUBLISHER’S WEEKLY

9/07/09 - Top Twenty Indie List

“...this unique perspective is much like the professional diner waitress — difficult to pigeonhole, impossible to ignore.”


THE NEW YORKER

7/14/09 -The Book Bench

Counter Culture: A Photo Essay


THE WALL ST. JOURNAL

9/19/09 - The Best In

“One of the most delightful books to cross our desks this summer...”


POP MATTERS

10/09 - Emily Popek

Taylor’s lavishly illustrated paean to these longtime waitresses, or ‘lifers,’ gives these unsung heroines of Americana the respect they so richly deserve.”


USA TODAY

9/01/09 - Final Word, Craig Wilson

“Great waitresses are always counter-intuitive.”


THE LIBRARY JOURNAL

7/15/09 - Social Sciences

“...a well deserved tribute. Recommended for all those who love human interest stories and interesting characters.”