Adam Parfrey
Adam Parfrey (born 1957) is an
American journalist, editor, and the publisher of
Feral House books.
Born in
New York to actor
Woodrow Parfrey (his mother,
Rosa Ellovich, was
Jewish, his father was not). He moved to
Los Angeles,
California in 1962. Upon graduating from
Santa Monica High School, the young Parfrey enrolled at
UCLA before transferring to
UC, Santa Cruz where he studied theater and history without graduating. While at UCLA, he wrote for the
student newspaper, the
Daily Bruin, and later became co-Editor.
He
collaborated on
George Petros'
Exit magazine.
Following a stint at the tabloid newspaper
Idea Magazine, Parfrey returned to
New York. In 1989 he started
Feral House with $5,000.
He now lives in
Los Angeles, California, where he is married to Jodi Wille, with whom he co-publishes Process Books.
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Apocalypse Culture edited by Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 0941693023)
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Rants and Incendiary Tracts edited by
Bob Black and Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 0941693031)
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The Manson File compiled by Parfrey, credited to Nikolas Schreck (Amok Press, 1988, ISBN 094169304X)
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Apocalypse Culture: Revised and Expanded edited by Adam Parfrey (Amok Press, 1990, ISBN 0922915059)
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Nightmare of Ecstasy: The Life and Art of Edward D. Wood, Jr. by
Rudolph Grey, edited by Parfrey (Feral House, 1994, ISBN 0922915245)
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Cult Rapture: Revelations of the Apocalyptic Mind by Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 1995, ISBN 0922915229
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End Is Near!: Visions of Apocalypse, Millennium and Utopia by
Stephen Jay Gould, Roger Manley, Adam Parfrey,
Dalai Lama, foreword by Rebecca Hoffberger (Dilettante Press, 1998, paperback ISBN 0966427270, 1999, hardcover ISBN 0966427262)
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Muerte!: Death in Mexican Popular Culture by Harvey Stafford, edited by Adam Parfrey, illustrated by
J. G. Posada, photographs by the ยก
Alarma! Staff (Feral House, 2000, ISBN 0922915598)
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Apocalypse Culture II edited by Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 2000, ISBN 0922915571)
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Extreme Islam: Anti-American Propaganda of Muslim Fundamentalism edited by Adam Parfrey, introduction by Tamim Ansary (Feral House, 2002, ISBN 0922915784)
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Lexicon Devil: The Fast Times and Short Life of Darby Crash and the Germs by Brendan Mullen, Adam Parfrey, and Don Bolles (Feral House, 2002, ISBN 0922915709)
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It's a Man's World: Men's Adventure Magazines - the Postwar Pulps edited by Adam Parfrey, material by Josh Alan Friedman,
Mort Kunstler, David Saunders, Bill Devine (Feral House, 2003, ISBN 0922915814)
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War is a Racket: The Anti-War Classic by America's Most Decorated General by
Smedley D. Butler, with introduction by Adam Parfrey (reprinted in 2003 by Feral House, ISBN 0922915865)
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Two Thousand Formulas, Recipes, and Trade Secrets: The Classic Do-It-Yourself Book of Practical Everyday Chemistry by Harry Bennett, Adam Parfrey (Feral House, 2003, ISBN 0922915954)
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SIN-A-RAMA: Sleaze Sex Paperbacks of the Sixties by Britany A. Daley, Adam Parfrey and
Lydia Lunch (Feral House, 2004, ISBN 1932595058)
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S.W.A.T. - Deep Inside a Cop's Mind: The Soundtrack For The Next Police State]] (Audio CD, 1994, Label:
Amphetamine Reptile Records)
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A Sordid Evening of Sonic Sorrows (Audio CD, 1997,
Man's Ruin Records MR-066)
* Parfrey had a part in
Crispin Glover's
What Is It?.
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