Jerry Stahl jerrystahl.substack.com
Jerry Stahl jerrystahl.substack.com
@somejerrystahl.bsky.social
“Jerry Stahl should either get the Pulitzer Prize or be shot down in the street like a dog.” Anthony Bourdain

Award-winning author of
Permanent Midnight; Nein Nein Nein!; I, Fatty etc… Novelist, journalist, screenwriter & (not great) actor
I write about the weird origin of that very story in upcoming collection, “Gonzo Neurotic.”
Can’t believe you dug it up!
October 26, 2025 at 10:59 PM
So you caught
Caligari at 16?
Hats off! I’m sure you turned out perfectly normal. In ‘77, I watched Pasaloni’s deranged masterpiece, “Salo, or the 120 Days of Sodom.” Did not realize we were the only people left in the theater until the lights came up….
No psycho-emotional fallout whatsoever.
August 29, 2025 at 6:34 AM
Reposted by Jerry Stahl jerrystahl.substack.com
Reading this while thinking about @elivalley.bsky.social's observation that a signed photo of Theodor Herzl, the founder of 20th century Jewish ethno-nationalism, hangs in a @nytimes.com board room. Looming over their every word. Timestamp: 00:04:57
Finally up: Museum of Degenerates book launch from Feb 26: A history of art, caricature, "degeneration," underexplored roots of Zionism—plus GOP Nazism, Democratic treachery, and the catastrophe they’ve ushered in:
youtu.be/dqON5wIhs5s
Eli Valley's Museum of Degenerates Book Launch
YouTube video by Eli Valley
youtu.be
August 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Great news. I loved these books.
August 6, 2025 at 2:54 PM
One of my favorite books. Spectacular.
August 1, 2025 at 5:40 AM
Thank you.
I’m glad the hospital shoe police didn’t get you. Croc Jail can’t be good….
July 30, 2025 at 10:30 AM
Thank you, Gabino. I meant every word!
May 31, 2025 at 6:12 PM
I feel like I should offer to pay for your therapy….
May 18, 2025 at 6:23 AM