Dude: A Generation X Memoir

by Avrel Seale

What is a dude? An American male who came of age in the 1970s and ’80s, when a host of bizarre cultural influences converged to produce a bizarre generational tribe. The Dude Nation is identifiable by its music, its TV and movie references, its linguistic habits, and the toys that shaped its consciousness. Avrel Seale mines his own Texas youth of the 1970s and ’80s to produce a richly textured, inherently funny retrospective on what is now called Generation X. At once personal, sociological, and comical, he reveals the pop culture, politics, race- and gender-relations, and general outlook of this hard-to-pin-down subculture. If you’re a dude, this book will help you reclaim and honor your inner dude. If you are not a dude, this stroll through a hilarious slice of Americana will help you better understand every dude in your life.

122 pages, Kindle Edition

Published November 29, 2012

About the author

Avrel Seale is an author of eclectic nonfiction whose books to date span memoir, humor, history, philosophy, unsolved mysteries, religion and spirituality. His most recent work is "With One Hand Tied behind My Brain: A Memoir of Life After Stroke."