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Markoe, Merrill.
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Markoe, Merrill.
Markoe, Merrill -- Childhood and youth.
Markoe, Merrill -- Humor.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
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Cool, calm & content...
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Cool, calm & contentious / Merrill Markoe.
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Markoe, Merrill.
New York : Villard, c2011.
Subjects
Markoe, Merrill.
Markoe, Merrill -- Childhood and youth.
Markoe, Merrill -- Humor.
Authors, American -- 20th century -- Biography.
ISBN:
0345518918 (hardback)
9780345518910 (hardback)
Description:
269 p. ; 22 cm.
Edition:
1st ed.
Contents:
The place, the food, everything awful: the diaries of Ronny Markoe -- In praise of crazy moments -- Never again -- Why I love dogs -- But enough about me: narcissism for echoes -- Saturday night with Hieronymus Bosch -- When I was Jack Kerouac -- Bobby -- My advice to fidgety young people -- The dog prattler -- Virginity entrepreneurs -- How to spot an asshole -- A chance to dance -- Selfishness 101 (for dogs) -- Medusa's sister -- Rolling on a river -- Jimmy explains his wake-up techniques -- Celebrity criminals and criminal celebrities: celebrity 2.0.
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"In this hilarious collection of personal essays, New York Times bestselling author Merrill Markoe reveals, among other things, the secret formula for comedy: Start out with a difficult mother, develop some classic teenage insecurities, add a few relationships with narcissistic men, toss in an unruly pack of selfish dogs, finish it off with the kind of crystalline perspective that only comes from years of navigating a roiling sea of unpleasant and unappeasable people, and--voilá--you're funny! But in Cool, Calm & Contentious, Markoe also reveals something more: herself. This is by far her most personal, affecting collection yet--honest, unapologetic, often painful, but always shot through with the bracing, wicked sense of humor that has made her such a beloved and incisive observer of life, both human and canine. "--Provided by publisher.
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813.54 Markoe Ma
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