Pothead
My life as a marijuana addict in the age of legal weed.
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Thirteen semi-bestselling books. Essays, journalism, and humor. And now, a whole universe of superheroines.
Fiction. Nonfiction. A little of everything.Currently editing the Arizona Globe
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COSMICA
An epic romantic comedy
superheroine series
Smithsonian archivist Claire Rosslyn becomes Cosmica. Soon, Solara and Lumina join her in a growing superhero sisterhood.
AI-assisted, but Pollack-written and exhaustively directed—because no machine can write as well as him.
Neal Pollack TV
Literary parodies, rock songs, cartoons, and superheroine music videos. Written and directed by Neal Pollack. Now playing on Slop TV.
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The bookshelf · 2000–2022
Thirteen
Semi-bestselling Books
Novels, memoirs, literary parody, yoga mysteries, and a trip to a gentrified Mars.
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Edge of Safety
A dystopian satire of arbitrary lockdowns and the deeply caring citizens who love them.
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Repeat
A time-traveling romantic comedy about second chances.
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Alternadad
The memoir of hipster fatherhood.
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The Neal Pollack Anthology of American Literature
The literary parodies that made him the self-proclaimed Greatest Living American Writer.
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Beneath the Axis of Evil
One man’s gonzo journey into the horrors of war.
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Never Mind the Pollacks
A rock-and-roll novel.
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Jewball
A noir about Jewish basketball players in the 1930s.
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Stretch
The unlikely making of a yoga dude.
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Downward-Facing Death
A Matt Bolster yoga mystery. Murder on the mat.
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Open Your Heart
The second Matt Bolster yoga mystery.
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Keep Mars Weird
Sci-fi satire in a futuristic Austin, Texas—and on a gentrified Mars.
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Not Coming Soon to a Theater Near You
A Hollywood memoir.
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Essays, journalism, and humor in every English-language publication except The New Yorker.
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Arizona Globe
Editor
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Book and Film Globe
Editor-in-chief
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The Spectator
Senior editor, U.S. edition
About Neal
My life
in miniature
Neal Pollack is the author of 13 semi-bestselling books of fiction and nonfiction, the editor of the Arizona Globe, and the creator of COSMICA.
He lives in Austin, Texas, with his wife, the painter Regina Allen, and a varying number of Boston Terriers.
He is a three-time Jeopardy! champion and the 2026 champion of the Jeopardy! Bar League with his team, Post-Trebek Stress Disorder.
The “Greatest Living American Writer” thing has been going on since 2000.