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Overview"A brilliant new voice, a Dave Eggers for the Millenial Generation, presenting a brilliant, hilarious, and deeply touching work that blows the roof off the memoir genre From the author of Ohio (Best Books of Summer 2018 Selection in Time, Vulture, and the New York Post) comes a brilliant, hilarious, and deeply touching memoir that blows the roof off the genre. Fed up with the complicated quest of trying to get a book published, Stephen Markley decided to cut to the chase and simply write a memoir about trying to publish a book-this book, to be precise. It's the most ""meta"" experiment he's ever untaken, and like a Mobius strip in book form, the concept is circular, self-indulgent, and-maybe, possibly, hopefully-brilliant. For fans of Dave Eggers and David Sedaris, Publish This Book is the modern day saga of an idealistic, ambitious, audacious, unyielding young writer who is tired of waiting his turn. Like any work that claims gleefully to be about nothing, it's really about pretty much everything-sex, drugs, politics, pop-culture, ex-girlfriends and sexy vampires. From the hope of early adulthood to the rage of life's many (unavoidable) disappointments, it is a story of overcoming the obstacles and discovering a happy ending at last. Most importantly, it's a story that will inspire readers to find their true voice in their work and in their life." Full Product DetailsAuthor: Stephen MarkleyPublisher: Sourcebooks, Inc Imprint: Sourcebooks, Inc Dimensions: Width: 14.00cm , Height: 3.80cm , Length: 21.60cm Weight: 0.572kg ISBN: 9781402229350ISBN 10: 1402229356 Pages: 480 Publication Date: 01 March 2010 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: To order  Stock availability from the supplier is unknown. We will order it for you and ship this item to you once it is received by us. Table of Contents"One: The Gist, 1 Two: Where to Begin, 11 Three: Chicago-Based Freelance Writer, 29 Four: The Parts of This Book that Belong in the Toilet, 51 Five: Nick Hornby Must Be in This Book, 69 Six: Forget This Book, 83 Seven: Autobiographical Digression #1: Leaving Behind the Skin from Your Knees, 99 Eight: How to Get Rejected, 119 Nine: And in the Meantime Life Goes On, 135 Ten: Chicago Cold, 155 Eleven: And the Good News?, 173 Twelve: The Call, 193 Thirteen: Autobiographical Digression #2: Confessions of a Campus Firebrand, 219 Fourteen: Whose Opinion Counts, 247 Fifteen: Please Don't Fact-Check This Chapter, 269 Sixteen: Expansive, Self-Critical, Honest, Jumpy, Surprising, Self-Confident, Cynical, Smart, and Very, Very Funny, 299 Seventeen: Wrong-Headed, Condescending Toward the Reader, Self-Involved, and Unintentionally Revealing, 311 Eighteen: Never Start a Story with Dialogue, 327 Nineteen: The Chapter I Called ""Wildheart,"" 347 Twenty: The Footnotes, 373 Twenty-one: So You Know What Happens with This Book, 381 Twenty-two: Autobiographical Digression #3: Why We Write, 403 Twenty-three: This Book, Published, 435 Epilogue: The Wrap-Up, 451 Acknowledgments, 463 About the Author, 471"ReviewsI found the book interesting, irreverently funny and candid. - MelvilleHouseBooks Author InformationStephen Markley is one of the featured columnists for the Tribune Company's RedEye newspaper, which is targeted toward a twentysomething audience and is the largest weekday newspaper in Chicago. Markley spent graudated Phi Beta Kappa and magna cum laude from Miami University in 2006. He lives in Chicago, IL. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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