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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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9/07/09 - Top Twenty Indie List
“...this unique perspective is much like the professional diner waitress — difficult to pigeonhole, impossible to ignore.”
7/14/09 -The Book Bench
Counter Culture: A Photo Essay
9/19/09 - The Best In
“One of the most delightful books to cross our desks this summer...”
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.”
9/01/09 - Final Word, Craig Wilson
“Great waitresses are always counter-intuitive.”
7/15/09 - Social Sciences
“...a well deserved tribute. Recommended for all those who love human interest stories and interesting characters.”
