Poseur: A Memoir of Downtown New York City in the '90s

Marc Spitz's Poseur is a messy, honest, sometimes uncomfortable memoir about trying to make it in '90s New York. Spitz was a music journalist and playwright who ran in circles with everyone from the Strokes to Ryan Adams.

This isn't a glamorous rockstar tale. It's about addiction, ambition, and the specific flavor of desperation that comes with being young and broke in Manhattan. Spitz doesn't make himself look good, which is what makes it work.