Humour Books
Hachette Books Ireland Chest Pain
Book SynopsisThe new bestselling memoir from the beloved Michael Harding, the author of Staring at Lakes and Talking to StrangersTrade ReviewSearingly honest, funny, self-deprecating, Harding's narrative seems to rest on the pulse of Ireland * Irish Times on On Tuesdays I'm a Buddhist *A compelling memoir. Absorbing and graced with a deceptive lightness of touch ... Harding writes like an angel * Sunday Times on Hanging with the Elephant *Hilarious, and tender, and mad, and harrowing, and wistful, and always beautifully written. A wonderful book * Kevin Barry on Staring at Lakes *Wonderful ... Like many people who have achieved a great deal, [Harding] cannot recognise his triumphs. This book, like its predecessor, is one of them * John Boyne on Hanging with the Elephant *A book that champions the kindness (or at least company of) strangers as essential for that elusive state known as happiness * RTE Guide on Talking to Strangers *
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Hachette Books Ireland Chest Pain
Book SynopsisA stunning book about mortality, connection, and the human condition from Ireland's best-loved memoiristTrade ReviewSearingly honest, funny, self-deprecating, Harding's narrative seems to rest on the pulse of Ireland - Irish Times on On Tuesdays I'm a BuddhistA compelling memoir. Absorbing and graced with a deceptive lightness of touch ... Harding writes like an angel - Sunday Times on Hanging with the ElephantHilarious, and tender, and mad, and harrowing, and wistful, and always beautifully written. A wonderful book - Kevin Barry on Staring at LakesWonderful ... Like many people who have achieved a great deal, [Harding] cannot recognise his triumphs. This book, like its predecessor, is one of them - John Boyne on Hanging with the ElephantA book that champions the kindness (or at least company of) strangers as essential for that elusive state known as happiness - RTE Guide on Talking to Strangers
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Hodder & Stoughton The Little Book of Goat Yoga
Book SynopsisBringing animal therapy to the yoga mat.
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Orion Publishing Co The Actual One
Book SynopsisIsy woke up one day in her late twenties to discover that the invisible deal she''d done with her best mates - that they''d prolong growing up for as long as possible - had all been in her head. Everyone around her is suddenly into mortgages, farmers'' markets and nappies, rather than the idea of running naked into the sea or getting hammered in Plymouth with eighty-year-old men. When her dearest friend advises her that the next guy Isy meets will be The Actual One, Isy decides to keep delaying the onset of adulthood - until a bet with her mother results in a mad scramble to find a boyfriend within a month.From papier-mâché penguins to being stranded on a dual carriageway in nothing but a fur coat and trainers, THE ACTUAL ONE is an ode to the confusing wilderness of your late twenties, alongside a quest for a genuinely good relationship with a man who doesn''t use moisturiser.Trade ReviewImagine if you will a more cuddly Trainspotting, or a drunker, dirtier Adrian Mole. Isy's warm, wonky memoir lies somewhere between the two: darkly, sweetly funny and affecting, and studded with lemon-sharp insights on life -- Stuart MaconieIsy Suttie has conquered comedy and is now poised to ascend to the summit of the literary world. A delightful, no-holds-barred romp through the highs and lows of being a singleton - you're unlikely to read a more enjoyable book this year -- Sam Bain, co-creator of PEEP SHOWIsy Suttie turns the painful process of growing-up into something laugh-out-loud funny, and for that I could kiss her -- Bryony Gordon, author of THE WRONG KNICKERSYou might know Isy as Dobby from Peep Show, but if you've heard her Radio 4 series Love Letters, you'll be familiar with her charming, rambling storytelling style. It's put to delightful effect here in a memoir about her 20s, which spans her years avoiding responsibility, chasing comedy success and her (slightly reluctant) search for "The One". The line where she compares bums to Switzerland is still making us laugh * GLAMOUR *Suttie's mix of human observation and self-examination makes her a cross between Lena Dunham and Victoria Wood. The Actual One is about the moment she realised all her friends were growing up, and the deal they'd all made to stay young for ever was only in her head. That led to a desperate search for a boyfriend ... Expect a mix of songs, stories and stand-up * SUNDAY TIMES *Always funny, always daft ... endlessly entertaining -- Alan Daviesa very funny look at trying to avoid adulthood. * STYLIST *Funny, wise and worth what sounds like a decade of romantic mishaps -- Josh WiddicombeWritten with the cheeky wit of a 21st-century Victoria Wood... -- Helen Brown * DAILY MAIL *A book about avoiding adulthood at all costs. By a writer who should not be avoided at any cost. Hilarious, warm, addictive and everything you would expect from Isy Suttie. -- VIV GROSKOPIsy - who you'll recognise as Dobby from Peep Show - has written her memoirs, centering on the panic you get when you realise your mates are turning into actual grown-ups, whoe you are still living the life of a reckless student. Full of hilarious insights, this book is proof that growing up is actually OK in the end. * HEAT *..it's this cheerful honesty that makes The Actual One so enjoyable, and ultimately encouraging. -- HANNAH SHADDOCK * RADIO TIMES *If you are looking for The Actual One, Isy's chaotically entertaining book will give you hope. And if you're in what she calls a Sturdy Relationship, it will make you extremely grateful. -- Jane Shilling * DAILY MAIL *
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Orion Publishing Co Ask A Historian
Book Synopsis''Brilliantly funny'' SHAPARAK KHORSANDI''Immensely enjoyable'' BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE''Every page contains delights'' LINDSEY FITZHARRISWhy is Italy called Italy? How old is curry? How fast was the medieval Chinese post system? How do we know how people sounded in the past? Who invented maths?Responding to fifty genuine questions from the public, Greg Jenner takes you on an entertaining tour through history from the Stone Age to the Swinging Sixties, revealing the best and most surprising stories, facts and historical characters from the past. From ancient joke books, African empires and the invention of meringues, to mummies, mirrors and menstrual pads - Ask A Historian is a deliciously amusing and informative smorgasbord of historical curiosities.Trade ReviewA rewarding romp through the highways and byways of the past . . . an immensely enjoyable book, written in a lively, engaging style accessible to a broad audience of all ages. One of Jenner's real achievements is the creation of a genre of public history that fuses scholarly research with humour, and it is intended to entertain as much as it is to educate. For this he is to be congratulated * BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE *Jenner uses all the questions you never dared to ask about history as an excellent excuse to rummage around in some funny, fascinating and downright peculiar corners of the past. Every page contains delights, and you will be illuminated and entertained in equal measure -- LINDSEY FITZHARRIS, author of THE BUTCHERING ARTIf history informs our future, Greg Jenner is one of the best informants out there. He is a natural storyteller, conveying complex ideas and events with pep, verve and wit. For anyone who regularly asks the question 'Why?', this book is for you -- SUSIE DENT, author of WORD PERFECTIn this brilliantly funny book, Greg proves yet again that history is for absolutely everybody -- SHAPARAK KHORSANDIA lively selection, spanning a diverse array of subjects and periods . . . a great way into some of history's biggest themes and concepts * HISTORY REVEALED, Book of the Month *In juggling both the role of ancient Greek scholar and medieval court jester in Ask a Historian, Jenner has delivered an ideal stocking filler that is as enlightening as it is entertaining * REACTION *Endlessly entertaining and utterly addictive, this book provides a cornucopia of historical delights. The eclectic, sometimes bizarre range of questions showcase the author's encyclopaedic knowledge and engaging, humorous style to perfection. The result is everything you need to know about history - and much more besides -- TRACY BORMAN, author of THOMAS CROMWELLHuge fun -- Teddy Jamieson * THE HERALD *
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Author Solutions Inc People Are Dumb A Humorous Approach to Modern Social Problems
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Atria Books Cheers America
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Atria Books The Romantic Economist
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Simon & Schuster Are You My Boyfriend
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Simon & Schuster The Smartest Book in the World A Lexicon of
Book SynopsisFrom the brazen, bold, and beloved comic and podcast star Greg Proops comes an electrifying, thought-provoking, and unrelenting collection.
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Simon & Schuster The Misadventures of Awkward Black Girl
Book SynopsisThe “brilliantly wry” (Lena Dunham) and “lovably awkward” (Mindy Kaling) New York Times bestseller from the creator of HBO’s Insecure. In this universally accessible New York Times bestseller named for her wildly popular web series, Issa Rae—“a singular voice with the verve and vivacity of uncorked champagne” (Kirkus Reviews)—waxes humorously on what it’s like to be unabashedly awkward in a world that regards introverts as hapless misfits and black as cool.I’m awkward—and black. Someone once told me those were the two worst things anyone could be. That someone was right. Where do I start? Being an introvert (as well as “funny,” according to the Los Angeles Times) in a world that glorifies cool isn’t easy. But when Issa Rae, the creator of the Shorty Award-winning hit series The Misadventures of Awkward Black GirlTrade Review"With MISADVENTURES OF AWKWARD BLACK GIRL, Issa shows us why she is the queen of media and why we need a multiplicity of voices in the media." * Los Angeles Times *"Issa Rae nailed it: Her book TheMisadventures of Awkward Black Girl is why the term must-read exists." * Marie Claire *"A book ripe with insights for the awkwardamong us." * Cosmo *“For fans of Mindy Kaling’s Is EveryoneHanging Out without Me?. . . ). Already a strong voice for diversity in the media, Rae issomeone readers of all stripes will love getting to know, however awkwardly.” * Booklist *“In Rae, her audience has landed on a singular voicewith the verve and veracity of uncorked champagne. An authentic and freshextension of the author's successful Web series.” * Kirkus Reviews *“You'll laugh freakishly hard over the geniusYouTube star's book about everything from PDA to coworkers who always suck up” * Glamour *“Delightfully deadpan…the real discovery here is that Rae has a natural flair for narrative,showing promise as an essayist with her unique perspective…a writer to watch.” * Essence *“Cutting, laugh out loud observations.” * Uptown Magazine *“I loved this book. Issa Rae is brilliant, funny andloveably awkward.” -- Mindy Kaling"Ifyou like Awkward and love Black. Or love Awkward and like Black. Or if you'relike me and just can't get enough of Awkward and Black in equal doses, then youwill love love love Issa Rae and her Awkward Black Girl tales of Awkward BlackGirlishness. That wasn't too awkward was it?" -- Larry Wilmore“In her hilarious debut book, Issa Rae uses the brilliantly wry voice she's honed in her searing and necessary webseries to tell a story that is so personal yet so universal: awkward girl becomes awkward woman, and in doing so realizes that awkward is the best way to be.” -- Lena Dunham"Farfrom awkward, Issa Rae wittily shows us how to navigate a society stillobsessed with stereotypes. Her essays are a rallying cry for all those daringto be unique, international, and fully human. A must read for thinking andfeeling people from 8 to 80." -- Susan Fales-Hill
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Simon & Schuster The Wobbit
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Gallery Books Has Anyone Seen My Pants
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Simon & Schuster Dear White People
Book Synopsis*Now a Netflix Original Series* In the satirical tradition of the New York Times bestseller Stuff White People Like comes this witty companion book to the “incredibly entertaining” (Indiewire) film of the same name, which “heralds a fresh and funny new voice” (Variety).Right out of college, Justin Simien wrote a screenplay about the nuanced experiences of four black students on a predominantly white college campus. The film, Dear White People, garnered a Sundance Award for “Breakthrough Talent” and has been hailed by critics everywhere. Channeling the sensibility of the film into this book, Simien will keep you laughing with his humorous observations, even if you haven’t seen the satiric film. News Flash—the minimum number of black friends needed to not seem racist has just been raised to two. Rather than panic, readers are advised to purchase a copy of Dear WhitTrade Review"Seeming to draw equal measures of inspiration from Whit Stillman and Spike Lee, but with his own tart, elegant sensibility very much in control, Mr. Simien evokes familiar campus stereotypes only to smash them and rearrange the pieces." -- A. O. Scott * The New York Times *
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Xlibris Do You Have a Sleepy Grandma
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University of Texas Press The Texanist
Book SynopsisThe first collection of acclaimed illustrator Jack Unruh's work, this book gathers the best of the illustrations he created for The Texanist, Texas Monthly's back-page column, along with the serious and not-so-serious questions that inspired them.Trade Review"Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction What is the proper answer when asked, “Where are you from?” I have a co-worker who dips Copenhagen and spits into a Styrofoam cup in the office. Is this appropriate? If, when you visit a friend’s house, he has parked on his front yard, may you also park there? Is it really okay to make love in a campground? Can one have too many Texas-themed tattoos? What are the guidelines for male friends helping each other apply sunscreen? Is it okay to buy my daughter a homecoming mum and say it’s from a secret admirer? How old need a boy be to receive the gift of a first gun? What can I do to keep varmints from destroying my beautiful landscaping? Do I have to go with my family to take a bluebonnet photo this year? What’s the best cure for jellyfish stings? Propane or charcoal? Will hiring a lawn service to do my yard work make me soft? Is it wrong to wear your football team’s jersey to church? Is it real Tex-Mex if it’s served with a side of black beans? How do I break into the business of ranching? When out at a dance hall, do I need to stick with the one that brung me? What do I tell my young son when he asks me to identify a roadside crop I don’t recognize? Can I have school spirit for a college I didn’t attend? How many Gulf oysters does it take for a person to see results from the aphrodisiac qualities that they are said to possess? May I pick the bluebonnets? What are the rules of the road when it comes to driving behind a tractor? If I hit a deer with my car, is it legal to collect it and eat it? Is there such thing as gravel-road etiquette, and if so, how best can I teach it to the neighbors? How do I get out of a wedding scheduled for Super Bowl Sunday? Is disciplining my niece over spilt Dublin Dr Pepper okay? Are “truck nuts” appropriate? Do country dancers ever go clockwise? Can I shoot a rattlesnake in my suburban backyard? May I keep a loose dog even if I have a pretty good idea where he came from? Is there a point at which I should stop condoning my daughter’s tomboy side? What are the rules regarding the setup of a new tailgating spot? Is it legal to be buried on my own property? Should I unleash my dogs on the possum that visits my back porch? If two ranches are separated by a length of old barbed-wire fencing and that fence needs repair, who is responsible come fence-mending time? Have rural Texans always been closed-minded about clothes? Why is driving allowed on beaches in Texas? Can you recommend a cure for cedar fever? Does anyone ever have an actual “roll” in the hay? Is there really “no such thing as bad barbecue”? Are the banks of a river free to use for camping? How is it possible that the word “Texan” is not accepted for play in the game Words With Friends? When did we start referring to a chicken’s “second joint” as its thigh? Tell us about your little sidekick? Instead of handing my pocketknife over to airport security, I used a service that promised to mail it back to me. I haven’t seen it since. Is it gone forever? Can you recommend other Texas beaches that compare with the old South Padre Island? What should I do if I encounter a tornado while driving? How should a Texan handle himself in the presence of a small stinging insect? I let my daughter use my husband’s chili pot to tie-dye some T-shirts, and he’s really upset. How do I make it right? Is not liking Willie Nelson’s music a relationship deal-breaker? My husband and I are Texans living in Florida, but recently he told someone that we were from Florida. Will you please explain to him why this cannot continue? What do I tell my friend who insists on giving Tennessee credit for the “birth of Texas”? I’ve been thinking about getting a license to carry a gun, but my wife insists this is a bad idea. I seek your counsel. My wife-to-be loves animals and wants a miniature Vietnamese potbellied pig as a wedding gift. Is this insane?
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform The Best Ever Book of Manchester United Jokes
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Outskirts Press The Trailer Park King
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Outskirts Press Twenty Years of Laughter Explicit Funny Yet True Stories as Told by a Retired Member of the Greatest Police Force in the World the NYPD
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Outskirts Press Body Language Another Collection of Poems About Aging
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Little Brown and Company Theft by Finding Diaries 19772016
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Center Street Living with the Monks
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Thats Terrible A Cringeworthy Collection of 1001 Really Bad Jokes Volume 1
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Xlibris Corporation RapNotes Shakespeares Greatest Hits Volume 1
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Xlibris All Kinds of Humor
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Xlibris Humor Hardly Hurts
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Xlibris Corporation How To Speak English More Good
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New York University Press God Mocks
Book SynopsisWinner of the 2016 Religious Communication Association Book of the Year AwardIn God Mocks, Terry Lindvall ventures into the muddy and dangerous realm of religious satire, chronicling its evolution from the biblical wit and humor of the Hebrew prophets through the Roman Era and the Middle Ages all the way up to the present. He takes the reader on a journey through the work of Chaucer and his Canterbury Tales, Cervantes, Jonathan Swift, and Mark Twain, and ending with the mediated entertainment of modern wags like Stephen Colbert. Lindvall finds that there is a method to the madness of these mockers: true satire, he argues, is at its heart moral outrage expressed in laughter. But there are remarkable differences in how these religious satirists express their outrage.The changing costumes of religious satirists fit their times. The earthy coarse language of Martin Luther and Sir Thomas More during the carnival spirit of the late medieval period was refined with the enlightened wit of AlexTrade ReviewLindvalls prose is elegant, and he is a fine guide on this rollicking, significant tour de force that belongs in all academic literature. * Catholic Library World *God Mocksleads readers through the comic savagery that believers have perfected over the centuries...Lindvall's book unfurls a delightfully variegated tapestry. * Christianity Today *Readers of Lindvall will certainly understand satire better, while homilists who borrow from his wealth of examples will prompt at least a few hearty laughs from the pews. * Emmanuel *This is an excellent overview and introduction to numerous authors of religious satire...will appeal to readers of literary criticism and church history buffs seeking a unique perspective. * Library Journal *Lindvall provides a comedic...analysis of the role of satire in religious life across the ages. Lindvall makes the case that satire has been part of religious observances from the outset. * Publishers Weekly *God Mocksshould be required reading for all ministers and religious bloggers that regularly speak or write with the Bible in one hand and the newspaper in the other. * Patheos *From Balaam's ass to Erasmus to Kierkegaard to The Onion, Lindvall finds redemption in satire's impulse to make us better human beings. * The Christian Century *God Mocksis a catalogue of hundreds of years of religious satire, parody, caricature, commentary, and mockery and most importantly, the differencebetween each and why some are more effective than others all intended to comment on the influence and practices of various religion orders and organizations over the centuries. * San Francisco Book Review *Terry Lindvall, a stand-up comedian cleverly disguised as an academic, makes the difficult art of humor look easy withGod Mocks. * Virginia-Pilot *Lindvall showcases his breadth as a historian and flair as a writer. He presents an abundance of content with a witty turn of phrase, which many will drink in with delight … it seems implicit that the book was written for educated readers—those who have some knowledge of history and comedic writing. It would certainly be suitable for an upper-level undergraduate or graduate level classroom. -- Religious Studies ReviewThis is a godsend for those interested in the role of humor in Christianity. It is remarkably comprehensive and detailed without being pedantic. Lindvalls writing sparkles with the same wit he is chronicling, making this book a delight to read. -- John Morreall,author of Comedy, Tragedy, and ReligionI read Lindvalls book with great appreciation and learned a lot. It contained so much more than I expected, a virtual history of religious mockery, which no one has attempted before. It is a significant contribution to religious and cultural studies. Beside that, it is a just plain good read. -- Harvey Cox,Hollis Research Professor of Divinity, Harvard University
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Pickles The Parrot A Humorous Look At Life With
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Pickles the Parrot Returns My Continued
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Partridge India Doha Diary of a DelhiOHolic
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Lulu Press Parting Lines
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Lulu Publishing Services It Only Gets Funnier
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iUniverse Dorothy Parker
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Sourcebooks Goodnight Lab A Scientific Parody Baby University
Book SynopsisChris Ferrie is an award-winning physicist and Senior Lecturer for Quantum Software and Information at the University of Technology Sydney. He has a Masters in applied mathematics, BMath in mathematical physics and a PhD in applied mathematics. He lives in Australia with his wife and children.
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Rowman & Littlefield 101 Classic Jewish Jokes
Book SynopsisJewish humor has defined comedy in 20th-century America.
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Createspace Independent Publishing Platform Forbidden Laughter Soviet Underground Jokes Bilingual edition
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Hal Leonard Corporation Comedy Songs for Women
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University of Nebraska Press Disparates
Book Synopsis15 Bytes Book Award 2021 Independent Publisher Book Awards, Gold Medal Winner In English disparatemeans different or miscellaneousapt descriptors of these essays by Patrick Madden. In Spanish, however, disparatemeans nonsense, folly, or absurdity,words appropriate to Madden's goal of undercutting any notion that essays must be serious business. Thus, in this collection, the essays are frivolous and lively, aiming to make readers laugh while they think about such abstract subjects as happiness and memory and unpredictability. In this vein, Madden takes sidelong swipes at weighty topics via form, with wildly meandering essays, abandoned essays in honor of the long tradition of essayists disparaging their own efforts, and guerrilla essayswhich slip in quietly under the guise of a borrowed form, abruptly attack, and promptly escape, leaving laughter and contemplation in their wake. Madden also incorporates cameos from guest essayists, including Mary Cappello, Matthew Gavin Frank, David Trade Review"If you love the personal essay, or are open to learning to love it, the freewheeling, luminous, disparate Patrick Madden is well worth the time."—David Kirkham, Lit Pub"Disparates honors the futile and the essential in both content and form. Don’t read this collection if you hate essays, especially lyric essays, or dislike being reminded that you are reading an essay. Nor should you read this book if you demand a point and feel slighted to learn that 'life doesn’t always happen in the best order or with the best details.' This is a book for those who appreciate amusement and 'raucous play.' As for me—a life-long student of essays, and a teacher of them—I’ll be turning to Disparates as a model for a long time to come."—Rachel Rueckert, Tupelo Quarterly"Madden’s essays offer relief—they offer laughter, provoke pondering, and delight in playfulness. . . . Disparates delights in the world and celebrates the essay. It was a joy to read."—Natalie Johansen, Brevity"The writing is playful and marked by humility, with Madden often inviting readers—and other writers—into the narrative. A capable collection of writing that continually reviews itself."—Kirkus Reviews"'Disparates' are 'things so unlike that there is no basis for comparison.' There is surely no basis for comparison of these essays to any other book I've read."—Linda Marshall, Pop Matters “Patrick Madden has made a career championing the essay—its traditions, its tenets, and its opportunities. In this, his third collection, Madden masterfully demonstrates a crucial (and often overlooked) element of the form—raucous play—in each smart, active piece. Disparates plays constantly: with shape, with subject, with language; it even plays well with others in several lively collaborations. I savored this collection over several days like it was a sampler of fine candy . . . and then I found twenty bucks.”—Elena Passarello, author of Animals Strike Curious Poses“You’re in for a treat picking up Pat Madden’s Disparates, a book that doubles down so hard on its disparity it ends up holding together in surprising ways. Madden is maniacal in his fidelity to found forms (eBay auction listing, OED definition, literary translation, wordfind puzzle, etc.) and seemingly bad ideas (composing an essay by machine-learned predictive text, writing pangram haiku, discussing the band Rush), but due to his prodigious enthusiasm and intelligence he lands more jumps than not. My favorite feature of Disparates seems at first like the book’s worst idea: most of these essays feature other writers in guest spots. The overall effect is that of a perforated, collaborative self, manifesting exactly the kind of generosity and playfulness we could use a lot more of in literary nonfiction.”—Ander Monson, author of I Will Take the Answer“Disparates is a generous romp of a book. Patrick Madden’s essays open windows onto glee and silliness as well as grief and love. In forms as wide-ranging as Balderdash, wordsearch, Strunk and White’s The Elements of Style, and James Brady’s bygone Parade feature “In Step With…,” Madden shows us again, as in his previous books, that the daily stuff of life sings out for examination and play. Read with an eye peeled for: Dr. Demento, the Jackalope, pahoehoe lava, and the important reminder that ‘Laughter is a taste of your own medicine’. ‘Whenever I fix/ my quips to the jazzy world,/ I come back agape,’ he writes. After reading Disparates, I feel the same: changed, alive to surprise, comforted, dazzled.”—Joni Tevis, author of The World Is on Fire“You cannot help but read Madden’s essays and grin at his deadpan maniacal love for detail and life and kids and anecdotes and wrinkles in the fabric of nominal reality. The guy is obsessed with nominal reality and all the shimmers and windows in it. A terrific essayist, and even better, wholly and utterly unique—there really isn’t an essayist today who writes like this, I think, and for all Madden’s worshipping of Montaigne, Madden’s more interesting and absorbing and funny. Heresy! But it’s true.”—the late Brian Doyle, author of One Long River of SongTable of Contents/disparate/ Writer Michael Martone’s Leftover Water: Imbibe literary genius (dozens of authors) in one swig! Nostalgia (feat. Lawrence Sutin) Insomnia (feat. Lina María Ferreira Cabeza-Vanegas) Unpredictable Essays Laughter (feat. Jericho Parms) Order Memorizing the Lyrics Repast Happiness (feat. Amy Leach) Memory Alfonsina y el Mar Mea Culpa Expectations (feat. Desirae Matherly) Freewill (feat. Joe Oestreich) In Step with . . . Montaigne (feat. David Lazar) Timing Inertia Thumbs (feat. Elena Passarello & Wendy S. Walters) Smells (feat. Stephen Haynie) The Proverbial __________ Poetry Old Time Rock and Roll (feat. Michael Martone) The Arrogance of Style Distance (feat. Joni Tevis) Beat on the Brat Against the Wind Pangram Haiku Plums (feat. Matthew Gavin Frank) Solstice Listening (feat. Mary Cappello)
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University of Nebraska Press Apple Tree
Book SynopsisIn this masterful collection of new essays, the apple looks at the tree. Twenty-five writers deftly explore a trait they've inherited from a parent, reflecting on how it affects the lives they lead today - how it shifts their relationship to that parent (sometimes posthumously) and to their sense of self.Trade Review"Apple, Tree is a sweet, smart collection, and—it has to be said—a perfect gift for a parent you love."—Lily Meyer, NPR"These essays, in addition to being resonant in their own right, will also move readers to recollect stories of their own parents."—Publishers Weekly, starred review"Funderburg, who has explored her own parents and background in her memoir "Pig Candy," here gathers pieces from writers about a trait they've inherited from a mother or father. Ann Patchett, Daniel Mendelsohn and Laura van den Berg, among others, meditate on how attributes both physical and spiritual tie us to and distance us from our elders."—Bethanne Patrick, Washington Post"Undoubtedly, parents influence us more deeply and irrevocably than any other people in our lives. The apple, after all, doesn't fall very far from the tree. This topic is given its rich and thoughtful due in Apple, Tree: Writers on Their Parents, an engrossing anthology of 25 delightfully diverse personal essays."—Laurie Hertzel, (Minneapolis) Star Tribune"Lise Funderburg has collected diverse stories of parenthood and childhood, of love, loss, and remembrance. Apple, Tree is the perfect collection for anyone who has ever considered what legacies parents leave to their children."—Hannah Straton, Hippocampus Magazine"Apple, Tree provides a thoughtful meditation on individuals' connections to heritage and legacy."—Elisabeth Woronzoff, Pop Matters“Apple, Tree is an unflinching exploration of the complicated geography of families. At once heartfelt and searching, these affecting stories remind us that parental likenesses once shunned can surprise, move, and reconnect us in unexpected ways.”—Andrea Barnet, author of Visionary Women: How Rachel Carson, Jane Jacobs, Jane Goodall, and Alice Waters Changed Our WorldTable of ContentsIntroduction Lise Funderburg Predictions Laura van den Berg Curtains Sallie Tisdale Lies My Parents (Never but Maybe Should’ve) Told Me Shukree Hassan Tilghman Better Angels Clifford Thompson The Only Light We’ve Got Angelique Stevens Household Idols Avi Steinberg Just Say the Word Lizzie Skurnick All Knotted Up Dana Prescott Sisters Ann Patchett One Man’s Poison Kyoko Mori Unlived Lives Laura Miller A Measure of Perversity Marc Mewshaw Off, Off, Off, Off, Off Daniel Mendelsohn What We Keep Donna Masini My Story about My Mother Mat Johnson Never Have Just One Boss Susan Ito Spending the Sparkle Jane Hamilton Around the Table Lauren Grodstein This Truth about Chaos John Freeman No Indifferent Place Carolyn Ferrell And Niriko Makes Four Lolis Eric Elie Fragments from the Long Game Kate Carroll de Gutes Self-Made Men Leland Cheuk The Nut Doesn’t Fall Far from the Fucking Nut Tree S. Bear Bergman The Feeding Gene Karen Grigsby Bates Acknowledgments Contributors
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University of Nebraska Press How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences
Book Synopsis2021 Clara Johnson Award from Jane''s Stories Press Foundation 2020 Gold Winner for Autobiography & Memoir in the Foreword INDIES Many are haunted and obsessed by their own eventual deaths, but perhaps no one as much as Sue William Silverman. This thematically linked collection of essays charts Silverman’s attempt to confront her fears of that ultimate unknown. Her dread was fomented in part by a sexual assault, hidden for years, that led to an awareness that death and sex are in some ways inextricable, an everyday reality many women know too well. Through gallows humor, vivid realism, and fantastical speculation, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences explores this fear of death and the author’s desire to survive it. From cruising New Jersey’s industry-blighted landscape in a gold Plymouth to visiting the emergency room for maladies both real and imagined to suffering the stifling strictness of an intractable piano teTrade Review"Because of the distinctive subject matter and Silverman’s vast writing talents, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences will appeal to new and experienced readers alike; notably, it will also draw teachers of creative writing, who will cherish it for the many essays that can be taught as models of braided and segmented forms."—Jody Keisner, Hippocampus Magazine"Honoring subconscious logic, How to Survive Death and Other Inconveniences makes the gambit that the mysteries of the self are both keys to understanding and uncertainties to be celebrated. We become who we are without being fully conscious of our choices—probing those choices won’t give us easy answers, but the discoveries along the way will be illuminating and well worth the necessary befuddlements."—Elizabeth Kadetsky, Literary Hub"What do we do with those memories that carry with them the ability to sink us? According to Silverman, in order to survive and grow, we have to collect them, transform them, and let them transform us."—Chanel Dubofsky, Lilith"Silverman undertakes the questions some of us are too afraid to ask, and we find ourselves rooting for her, flying down Route 17, because in doing so we are also rooting for ourselves."—Rachel Rueckert, Columbia Journal“A joyously unconventional memoir written at least in part as a hedge against mortality. It will shake loose memories, invite you to ponder, and, maybe best of all, make you laugh. This is a marvelously written, imaginative, and seriously funny book.”—Abigail Thomas, New York Times best-selling author of What Comes Next and How to Like It“With true originality and wit, Silverman takes readers on a wild ride through time, memory, pleasure, and trauma. What remains is a deeply human portrait of one woman’s resilience and the power of her spirit. I couldn’t put it down.”—Christina Haag, New York Times best-selling author of Come to the Edge: A Love Story“Though a book about death should be morbid and depressing, Silverman takes an unusual approach, packing both humor and wit into more than a dozen entertaining essays that may offer comfort to those dealing with death anxiety.”—Bitch Media “The book’s title may suggest this is a morbid book; yet, Silverman in her own clever way leans towards tongue-in-cheek, mixing pop culture, literature, and history with her stories and, of course, her unending quest to survive.”—Brevity: A Journal of Concise Literary Nonfiction Table of ContentsAuthor’s Note Ultima Thule Fate 1 Clotho spins the thread of life The Eternal Reign of Miss Route 17 13 Ways of Surviving New Jersey Miss Route 17 Refuses to Grow Old The Three Fates: How Much Is the Moon Worth? The Remarkable Death-Defying Exploits of Miss Route 17 Until My Number Comes Up Requiem for a Qwertyist My Death in the Family The Three Fates: Drawing the Shades A Member of the Wedding Fate 2 Lachesis measures the thread of life to determine how long you live The Sick Hypochondriac The Three Fates: On Tedium The Safe Side My Life as a Thanatologist The Janet Leigh Variations The Summer of Hate and Death Here Be Human Dragons Miss Route 17’s Near-Death Experience under the Boardwalk at the New Jersey Shore Sigilisms of Miss Route 17’s Many Hidden Talents Death Comes for the Poet Flirting with the Butcher The Three Fates and the Barefoot Angels Fate 3 Atropos cuts the thread of life with a pair of shears to decide how someone dies At the Terminal Gate Miss Route 17’s Own Graceland Memorabilia: My Guardian Devils and the Phantom of the Opera Gloves The Three Fates: When You Go Of Chrysanthemums, Tupperware, Cremated Remains, and FedEx-ing to the Great Beyond Miss Route 17’s Blue Period The Three Fates: Filling in the Blanks On the Reliance of Verbs to Survive Death The Queen of Panmnesia Acknowledgments Notes
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University of Nebraska Press Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheeses
Book SynopsisThis collection of opinion editorials and recent essays solidifies Midge''s standing as one of the most versatile talents in Native and American writing today.—Samantha Majhor, American Indian Culture and Research JournalBury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s is a powerful and compelling collection of Tiffany Midge’s musings on life, politics, and identity as a Native woman in America. Artfully blending sly humor, social commentary, and meditations on love and loss, Midge weaves short, standalone musings into a memoir that stares down colonialism while chastising hipsters for abusing pumpkin spice. She explains why she doesn’t like pussy hats, mercilessly dismantles pretendians, and confesses her own struggles with white-bread privilege.Midge ponders Standing Rock, feminism, and a tweeting president, all while exploring her own complex identity and the loss of her mother. Employing humor as an act of resistance, these slicTrade Review“This uproarious, truth-telling collection of satirical essays skewer[s] everything from white feminism to ‘Pretendians’ to pumpkin spice. Midge, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, muses bitingly on life as a Native woman in America, staring colonialism and racism in the face wherever she finds them, from offensive Halloween costumes to exploitative language. This collection’s deliciously sharp edges draw laughter and blood alike.”—Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire “Midge is a hilarious satirical essayist and nonfiction writer, and her work brings all the laughs. But they are ‘thinky’ laughs, because the humor doubles back on itself and makes you see so much about modern Native American life in a new way.”—David Treuer, Los Angeles Times “Midge is a wry, astute charmer with an eye for detail and an ear for the scruffy rhythms of American lingo.”—Sarah Vowell, author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States "[A] cornucopia of literary brilliance. The Standing Rock Sioux writer’s wickedly funny autobiography offers laugh-out-loud passages alongside compassionate profiles, bitter sarcasm, and heartbreaking chronicles. Each of the memoirs are short yet potent, compelling the reader to continue while paradoxically causing one to pause to reflect on Midge’s astute observations. Every entry is so well-crafted that the only disappointment you’ll find is when you realize you’ve read them all. Then again, this is a book that demands to be reread."—Ryan Winn, Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education"If you're wondering why the presence of Andrew Jackson's portrait in the Oval Office is offensive, this is your book."—Kirkus"Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s is timely reading for the fall season, with Midge suggesting "Politically Correct Alternatives to Culturally Insensitive Halloween Costumes," and proclaiming "Hey America, I’m Taking Back Thanksgiving." Treat yourself to a fast-moving correction of any vestiges you may have of the stoic, unsmiling Native stereotype and enjoy at least a Tweet or a one-liner from Tiffany Midge. You’re sure to learn something as you laugh."—Jan Hardy, Back in the Stacks"This collection of opinion editorials and recent essays solidifies Midge's standing as one of the most versatile talents in Native and American writing today."—Samantha Majhor, American Indian Culture and Research Journal"[Midge's] no-b.s., take-no-prisoners approach is likely to resound with twenty-something readers, but the older crowd ought to give Midge a look, too."—Joan Curbow, Booklist"Abundant with brilliant satire."—Shelf Awareness“Tiffany Midge is the kind of funny that can make the same joke funny over and over again. Which means, of course, that she is wicked smart, and sly, and that she has her hand on the pulse of the culture in a Roxane Gay-ish way, only funnier, and that she has our number, your number, and my number too, all of our numbers. Which means she is our teacher, if we let her be.”—Pam Houston, author of Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country “Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s drives a spear into the stereotype of Native American stoicism. It is perhaps the funniest nonfiction collection I have ever read. But it is much more than funny: it is moving, honest, and painful as well, and looks at the absurdities of modern America. Midge’s collection is so good it could raise Iron Eyes Cody from the grave and make him laugh till he cries.”—David Treuer, author of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee Table of ContentsForeword by Geary Hobson Part I: My Origin Story Is a Cross between “Call Me Ishmael,” a Few Too Many Whiskey Sours Packed in an Old Thermos at the Drive-In Double Feature, and That Little Voice That Says, “You Got This” Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s Headlines Part II: Instead of a “Raised by Wolves” T-Shirt, Mine Says “Raised by Functioning Alcoholics with Intimacy Phobias & Low Self-Esteem” The Jimmy Report My Name Is Moonbeam McSwine The Siam Sequences Part III: Micro (Aggression) Memoirs First World (Story) Problems: Brown Girl Multiple Choice Edition Tweets as Assigned Texts for Native American Studies Course Ghoul, Interrupted Part IV: Garsh Durn It! You Say Patriarchy, I Say Patri-Malarkey, Dollars to Donuts Cuckoo Banana Pants, You Gals & Your Lady Power This ’n’ That An Open Letter to White Women Concerning The Handmaid’s Tale and America’s Historical Amnesia Fertility Rites Wonder Woman Hits Theaters, Smashes Patriarchy Jame Gumb, Hero and Pioneer of the Fat-Positivity Movement Post-Election Message to the 53 Percent Committee of Barnyard Swine to Determine Fate for Women’s Health Champion Our Native Sisters! (but Only Selectively and under Certain Conditions) An Open Letter to White Girls Regarding Pumpkin Spice and Cultural Appropriation Part V: Me, Cutting in Front of All the People in All of the Lines Forever: “It’s Okay, I Literally Was Here First” #DecolonizedAF Thousands of Jingle Dress Dancers Magically Appear at Standing Rock Protector Site Satire Article Goes Viral on Day of 2016 Presidential Election Results Attack of the Fifty-Foot (Lakota) Woman Minnesota Art Gallery to Demolish “Indian Uprisings” Exhibit after Caucasian Community Protest Why I Don’t Like “Pussy” Hats Li-Li-Li-Li-Land, Standing Rock the Musical! Part VI: Merciless Indian Savages? Try Merciless Indian Fabulous! Redeeming the English Language (Acquisition) Series Fifty Shades of Buckskin Conversations with My Lakota Mom Feast Smudge Snag Eight Types of Native Moms Part VII: “Shill the Pretendian, Unfav the Genuine” Is the 2018 Remix of “Kill the Indian, Save the Man” Red like Me: I Knew Rachel Dolezal Back When She Was Indigenous A List of Alternative Identities to Try for Fun and Profit I Have White Bread Privilege Things Pseudo-Native Authors Have Claimed to Be but Actually Are Not You Might Be a Pretendian Part VIII: I Watched Woman Walks Ahead and Frankly Was Offended by the Cookie-Cutter, Stereotypical Portrayal of the Menacing White Soldier Reel Indians Don’t Eat Quiche: The Fight for Authentic Roles in Hollywood Are You There, Christmas? It’s Me, Carol! Post-Election U.S. Open in Racist Tirades Competition West Wing World Part IX: The Native Americans Used EVERY Part of the Sacred Turkey Hey America, I’m Taking Back Thanksgiving Clown Costumes Banned, Racist Native American Halloween Costumes Still Okay Thanksgiving Shopping at Costco: I Just Can’t Even Politically Correct Alternatives to Culturally Insensitive Halloween Costumes Part X: BREAKING NEWS—Your Neighbor Who Said, “Whoa, Dude, This Whole Trump Thing’s, Like, So Fricken Surreal,” Might Actually Be on to Something Step Right Up, Folks Trump Pardons Zombie Apocalypse There’s Something about Andrew Jackson Trump Administration to Repeal Bison as First National Mammal President Trump Scheduled for Whirlwind Tour to Desecrate World’s Treasures Part XI: The Trump Administration’s Pop-Up, Coloring, Scratch ’n’ Sniff, Edible, and Radioactive Activity Book You’ve Got Mail! Executive Order Requiring All Americans Take Up Cigarettes by End of 2017 The Wild West (Wing) and Wild Bill Hiccup Give a Chump a Chance Ars Poetica by Donald J. Trump Acknowledgments
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University of Nebraska Press Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheeses
Book SynopsisThis collection of opinion editorials and recent essays solidifies Midge''s standing as one of the most versatile talents in Native and American writing today.—Samantha Majhor, American Indian Culture and Research JournalBury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s is a powerful and compelling collection of Tiffany Midge’s musings on life, politics, and identity as a Native woman in America. Artfully blending sly humor, social commentary, and meditations on love and loss, Midge weaves short, standalone musings into a memoir that stares down colonialism while chastising hipsters for abusing pumpkin spice. She explains why she doesn’t like pussy hats, mercilessly dismantles pretendians, and confesses her own struggles with white-bread privilege.Midge ponders Standing Rock, feminism, and a tweeting president, all while exploring her own complex identity and the loss of her mother. Employing humor as an act of resistance, these slicTrade Review“This uproarious, truth-telling collection of satirical essays skewer[s] everything from white feminism to ‘Pretendians’ to pumpkin spice. Midge, a member of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe, muses bitingly on life as a Native woman in America, staring colonialism and racism in the face wherever she finds them, from offensive Halloween costumes to exploitative language. This collection’s deliciously sharp edges draw laughter and blood alike.”—Adrienne Westenfeld, Esquire “Midge is a hilarious satirical essayist and nonfiction writer, and her work brings all the laughs. But they are ‘thinky’ laughs, because the humor doubles back on itself and makes you see so much about modern Native American life in a new way.”—David Treuer, Los Angeles Times “Midge is a wry, astute charmer with an eye for detail and an ear for the scruffy rhythms of American lingo.”—Sarah Vowell, author of Lafayette in the Somewhat United States "[A] cornucopia of literary brilliance. The Standing Rock Sioux writer’s wickedly funny autobiography offers laugh-out-loud passages alongside compassionate profiles, bitter sarcasm, and heartbreaking chronicles. Each of the memoirs are short yet potent, compelling the reader to continue while paradoxically causing one to pause to reflect on Midge’s astute observations. Every entry is so well-crafted that the only disappointment you’ll find is when you realize you’ve read them all. Then again, this is a book that demands to be reread."—Ryan Winn, Tribal College Journal of American Indian Higher Education"If you're wondering why the presence of Andrew Jackson's portrait in the Oval Office is offensive, this is your book."—Kirkus"Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s is timely reading for the fall season, with Midge suggesting "Politically Correct Alternatives to Culturally Insensitive Halloween Costumes," and proclaiming "Hey America, I’m Taking Back Thanksgiving." Treat yourself to a fast-moving correction of any vestiges you may have of the stoic, unsmiling Native stereotype and enjoy at least a Tweet or a one-liner from Tiffany Midge. You’re sure to learn something as you laugh."—Jan Hardy, Back in the Stacks"This collection of opinion editorials and recent essays solidifies Midge's standing as one of the most versatile talents in Native and American writing today."—Samantha Majhor, American Indian Culture and Research Journal"[Midge's] no-b.s., take-no-prisoners approach is likely to resound with twenty-something readers, but the older crowd ought to give Midge a look, too."—Joan Curbow, Booklist"Abundant with brilliant satire."—Shelf Awareness“Tiffany Midge is the kind of funny that can make the same joke funny over and over again. Which means, of course, that she is wicked smart, and sly, and that she has her hand on the pulse of the culture in a Roxane Gay-ish way, only funnier, and that she has our number, your number, and my number too, all of our numbers. Which means she is our teacher, if we let her be.”—Pam Houston, author of Deep Creek: Finding Hope in the High Country “Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s drives a spear into the stereotype of Native American stoicism. It is perhaps the funniest nonfiction collection I have ever read. But it is much more than funny: it is moving, honest, and painful as well, and looks at the absurdities of modern America. Midge’s collection is so good it could raise Iron Eyes Cody from the grave and make him laugh till he cries.”—David Treuer, author of The Heartbeat of Wounded Knee Table of ContentsForeword by Geary Hobson Part I: My Origin Story Is a Cross between “Call Me Ishmael,” a Few Too Many Whiskey Sours Packed in an Old Thermos at the Drive-In Double Feature, and That Little Voice That Says, “You Got This” Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese’s Headlines Part II: Instead of a “Raised by Wolves” T-Shirt, Mine Says “Raised by Functioning Alcoholics with Intimacy Phobias & Low Self-Esteem” The Jimmy Report My Name Is Moonbeam McSwine The Siam Sequences Part III: Micro (Aggression) Memoirs First World (Story) Problems: Brown Girl Multiple Choice Edition Tweets as Assigned Texts for Native American Studies Course Ghoul, Interrupted Part IV: Garsh Durn It! You Say Patriarchy, I Say Patri-Malarkey, Dollars to Donuts Cuckoo Banana Pants, You Gals & Your Lady Power This ’n’ That An Open Letter to White Women Concerning The Handmaid’s Tale and America’s Historical Amnesia Fertility Rites Wonder Woman Hits Theaters, Smashes Patriarchy Jame Gumb, Hero and Pioneer of the Fat-Positivity Movement Post-Election Message to the 53 Percent Committee of Barnyard Swine to Determine Fate for Women’s Health Champion Our Native Sisters! (but Only Selectively and under Certain Conditions) An Open Letter to White Girls Regarding Pumpkin Spice and Cultural Appropriation Part V: Me, Cutting in Front of All the People in All of the Lines Forever: “It’s Okay, I Literally Was Here First” #DecolonizedAF Thousands of Jingle Dress Dancers Magically Appear at Standing Rock Protector Site Satire Article Goes Viral on Day of 2016 Presidential Election Results Attack of the Fifty-Foot (Lakota) Woman Minnesota Art Gallery to Demolish “Indian Uprisings” Exhibit after Caucasian Community Protest Why I Don’t Like “Pussy” Hats Li-Li-Li-Li-Land, Standing Rock the Musical! Part VI: Merciless Indian Savages? Try Merciless Indian Fabulous! Redeeming the English Language (Acquisition) Series Fifty Shades of Buckskin Conversations with My Lakota Mom Feast Smudge Snag Eight Types of Native Moms Part VII: “Shill the Pretendian, Unfav the Genuine” Is the 2018 Remix of “Kill the Indian, Save the Man” Red like Me: I Knew Rachel Dolezal Back When She Was Indigenous A List of Alternative Identities to Try for Fun and Profit I Have White Bread Privilege Things Pseudo-Native Authors Have Claimed to Be but Actually Are Not You Might Be a Pretendian Part VIII: I Watched Woman Walks Ahead and Frankly Was Offended by the Cookie-Cutter, Stereotypical Portrayal of the Menacing White Soldier Reel Indians Don’t Eat Quiche: The Fight for Authentic Roles in Hollywood Are You There, Christmas? It’s Me, Carol! Post-Election U.S. Open in Racist Tirades Competition West Wing World Part IX: The Native Americans Used EVERY Part of the Sacred Turkey Hey America, I’m Taking Back Thanksgiving Clown Costumes Banned, Racist Native American Halloween Costumes Still Okay Thanksgiving Shopping at Costco: I Just Can’t Even Politically Correct Alternatives to Culturally Insensitive Halloween Costumes Part X: BREAKING NEWS—Your Neighbor Who Said, “Whoa, Dude, This Whole Trump Thing’s, Like, So Fricken Surreal,” Might Actually Be on to Something Step Right Up, Folks Trump Pardons Zombie Apocalypse There’s Something about Andrew Jackson Trump Administration to Repeal Bison as First National Mammal President Trump Scheduled for Whirlwind Tour to Desecrate World’s Treasures Part XI: The Trump Administration’s Pop-Up, Coloring, Scratch ’n’ Sniff, Edible, and Radioactive Activity Book You’ve Got Mail! Executive Order Requiring All Americans Take Up Cigarettes by End of 2017 The Wild West (Wing) and Wild Bill Hiccup Give a Chump a Chance Ars Poetica by Donald J. Trump Acknowledgments
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University of Nebraska Press A Life with Dogs
Book SynopsisBeloved Nebraska folklorist Roger Welsch explores our passion and love for dogs.Trade Review“My buddy Rog is so in tune with dogs that I’ve actually watched him scratch behind his ear with his back foot.”—Mick Maun, dog guy Arf arf grrrr WOOF!” [“Forget the damn book! Throw the STICK!”]—Roscoe Dawg “Waouh vaf wouf jappe jappe.”—Pucci le Beau, Roger Welsch’s Parisian granddog “Roger is a brilliant thinker and gifted writer who whips out a mighty tasty yummy pretty much on demand.”—Triumph, the Compliment DogTable of ContentsAcknowledgments Introduction 1. What's in a Name 2. The Way They Are 3. Inner Callings 4. The Devious Courses of Doggie Thought 5. What They See, What They Hear, What They Know 6. To Sleep, Perhaps to Dream 7. The Other Dog's Whatever 8. Passing On 9. Canine Existentialism 10. A Dog Diet 11. Laughing with Them, Not at Them 12. Who Exactly Is the Stable One in This Relationship? 13. Togetherness 14. Whence They Come 15. Being Known by the Company You Keep 16. School Time, School Time 17. On the Road Again 18. You Gotta Ee-lim-i-nate the Negative 19. Disgusting Is as Disgusting Does 20. In the Case of Dogs, They Are What the Other Dog Eats 21. A Bark Is Worse than a Bite Only if You're Not Being Bit 22. "I Yam What I Yam" 23. Born Free, Sort Of 24. Cleanliness Is Next to Dogginess 25. Of House and Home 26. All Work and No Play 27. Permission Granted . . . Enter! 28. In Sickness and in Health 29. God Bless the Caregivers Afterword Afterword to the Paperback Edition Index
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