This Is Burning Man: The Rise of a New American Underground

About this book

This Is Burning Man tells the story of how the simple burning of a wooden man came to attract more than thirty thousand anarchists Internet millionaires ravers academics hippies gearheads punks and suburban parents who travel to the Black Rock Desert each year to create an entirely alternate dimension. Brian Doherty captures the extraordinary spirit of the festival its whimsy its danger and its absurdity as well as the outrageous genius and folly of its artists and players. Whether you are a Burning Man veteran or couldnt imagine coping with the festivals often brutal desert setting and mad behavior this book is an invitation to explore the radical creativity and exhilaration of being a Black Rock citizen. Welcome to the incendiary vision that is Burning Man. Welcome home.