RaveThe Brooklyn RailExpertly researched and gripping ... The book is divided into two sections, organized in more or less chronological chapters, each containing multiple delineated narratives. The sheer amount of information packed into Everything Is Now can be overwhelming. That’s not to say that the experience of reading the book is necessarily unpleasant—rather, Hoberman’s book is so dense with facts that it could induce a sort of overstimulation ... More an intermediate guide to the sixties than a handbook for beginners, the commitment to specifics on display in Everything Is Now is quite commendable ... Just as Cynthia Carr’s 2012 biography Fire in the Belly: The Life and Times of David Wojnarowicz told the life story of one artist while also creating a masterful history of 1980s Downtown New York, Hoberman’s book paints an all-encompassing picture of a time and place ... Succeeds in reminding us that although many of the people written about may no longer be around, their work and their actual spirits live on in a real and gratifying way .... Provides an indispensable account of the cultural trailblazers who made pivotal use of their moment.
