Get Me Through the Next Five Minutes: Odes to Being Alive

From the vertiginously talented James Parker, a collection of uproarious odes that show how to find gratitude in unexpected places.



Our politics are broken; our world is melting; the next catastrophe looms. Enter James Parker, who for years now has been writing odes of appreciation on subjects from the seemingly minor ("Ode to Naps") to the unexpected ("Ode to Giving People Money") to the seemingly minor, unexpected, and hyperspecific ("Ode to Running in Movies"). Finally collecting Parker's...