Party Like It's 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death
Author Joni B. Cole worries that Vlad the Impaler may be a distant cousin. She feuds with a dead medium. She thinks (or overthinks) about insulting birthday cards, power trips, and the real reason writers hate Amazon. And she wishes, really wishes, all those well-meaning people would stop talking about Guatemala. At once irreverent and thought provoking, Cole's collection is a joy ride through eclectic essays that arrive smack on that sweet spot between soul searching and social commentary, between humor and heft.
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Party Like It's 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death
Author Joni B. Cole worries that Vlad the Impaler may be a distant cousin. She feuds with a dead medium. She thinks (or overthinks) about insulting birthday cards, power trips, and the real reason writers hate Amazon. And she wishes, really wishes, all those well-meaning people would stop talking about Guatemala. At once irreverent and thought provoking, Cole's collection is a joy ride through eclectic essays that arrive smack on that sweet spot between soul searching and social commentary, between humor and heft.
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Party Like It's 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death

Party Like It's 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death

by Joni B. Cole
Party Like It's 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death
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Party Like It's 2044: Finding the Funny in Life and Death

by Joni B. Cole

Overview

Author Joni B. Cole worries that Vlad the Impaler may be a distant cousin. She feuds with a dead medium. She thinks (or overthinks) about insulting birthday cards, power trips, and the real reason writers hate Amazon. And she wishes, really wishes, all those well-meaning people would stop talking about Guatemala. At once irreverent and thought provoking, Cole's collection is a joy ride through eclectic essays that arrive smack on that sweet spot between soul searching and social commentary, between humor and heft.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9780826365569
Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
Publication date: 09/15/2023
Pages: 240
Product dimensions: 5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

About the Author

Joni B. Cole teaches creative writing and is a frequent speaker at academic programs, conferences, and social-service organizations across the country. She is the author of seven books, including Good Naked: How to Write More, Write Better, and Be Happier, Revised and Expanded Edition and Toxic Feedback: Helping Writers Survive and Thrive, Revised and Expanded Edition (both from UNM Press). She is a contributor to The Writer and the host of the podcast Author, Can I Ask You?

Table of Contents

We'll Never Have Guatemala
The Other Woman
Our Old House
Dear Mr. Impaler
Winning Women
Let It Lie
Party Like It's 2044
But Enough about Me
Spirit Animal Tricks
Like a Punch to the Kidneys
Recalculating . . . Recalculating . . . Recalculating
The Seven-Year Bitch
Why Cotton Mather Was a Hero: A Five-Paragraph Essay
FLAWSOME!
Hot as Hell
The Grandpa Robe
Dear Ex (Ex?) Friend
Clearing the Air
No Podium for Old Men: A Transcript of the Introductory Remarks at the "Diversity Enhancement Award" Ceremony at Walter S. Walters College
Conversation Interruptus
Lambies in Jammies!
Testing Negative
My Four-Mile Run: The Official, Ordinary Tour
Queen Be
120 Seconds: A Too-Short Movie
Will Work For . . .
One Day at a Time
Save the Date
The Weird Place
The Real Reasons Writers Hate Amazon
The Age of Authenticity
Social Grooming

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