Author Chuck Klosterman, who has written articles for the New York Times Magazine over the years, takes over its “Ethicist” column on June 10.
His eighth book, “I Wear a Black Hat” will be published next year. He wrote “Fargo Rock City,” “Sex, Drugs and Cocoa Puffs,” and “The Visible Man.”
Esquire, GQ, Washington Post and the Guardian have published the work of the North Dakota native, who is contributing editor for sports and pop culture for ESPN’s “Grantland” website.
In a post, NYTM editor Hugo Lindgren noted that Klosterman’s books “confront, with great humor and wisdom, all matter of thorny questions and complicated characters.”
Klosterman is a “writer who isn’t afraid of expressing his opinions about how things are and how hat should be,” according to Lindgren.
Of the new job, Klosterman said it “examines actual problems and asks straightforward questions about how people should or should not live.”
He agrees that some may questions his qualifications, but “it would be just as easy to argue that no one is qualified for this position. I only know that I want to do it.”