Michael Johnson's latest Overweening Generalist Substack episode, "Book Reviews on Acid." , is a roundup of reviews of three books: Blotter: The Untold Story of an Acid Medium by Erik Davis; The Acid Queen: The Psychedelic Life and Counterculture Rebellion of Rosemary Woodruff Leary by Susannah Cahalan and Tripped: Nazi Germany, the CIA, and the Dawn of the Psychedelic Age by Norman Ohler.
The reviews are well-written and Michael brings considerable knowledge of his own to bear; these reviews would not be out of place in a slick magazine or the New York Times book review section, but we get to read them in a Substack sent out as an email (or if you prefer, at the website or in your smartphone app.) If you haven't checked out Michael's newsletter, this would be one place to start.
The book on Rosemary Woodruff Leary is not a flattering portrait of Timothy Leary, as other reviewers of the book have noted; I thought Michael handled it well.
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Great essay by Dr. Johnson!
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