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After moving out of the Adirondack park where he grew up, Greg Dorchak attended high school in the Tidewater region of Virginia, and college in Nevada at UNLV. They Ain't Gonna Get Any Deader is his sophomore collection of personal essays, in which he pulls from his life as a teenager and beyond. Whether recounting his high school days, young adult life in college, buying a new car, or contemplating his own wishes after life, Dorchak delivers relatable stories with his typical humor, snark, and introspection.

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booklife review: ""... Dorchak (author of Of Pigs and Meteorites) offers a playful collection of stories that plumb youthful indiscretion, drunken shenanigans, and the regret that sometimes punctuates life's best moments. ""Lucky Me"" finds Dorchak reminiscing about his high school run-ins, sparked by his ""natural defense-response, which happened to be a Sky-Net of snark and humor,"" while ""Oh Gipper, Where Art Thou?"" recalls a raucous night of egging his wrestling coach's house, culminating in a chaotic escape of youthful recklessness and swagger-characteristics that define many of Dorchak's more adventurous memories. When not recounting tales of past near-glory, Dorchak reflects on the current ways his body is in revolt. When his wife tells him not to move the ""Large, Heavy Thing,"" middle age consciousness kicks in, forcing him to wonder if ""you're only trying to move it because you're afraid to choose the option of getting someone else to do it... that would mean admitting how old and out of shape you are."" He ties earlier youthful adventures to his somewhat wiser escapades as an adult, contemplating the pitfalls of looking back on past decisions. ""Poor Life Choices can be made at any age or stage of life"" he writes, ""but making them when you are younger is advised, so that you learn from them by the time you are older."" Readers who appreciate tongue-in-cheek humor and healthy doses of self-deprecation will be entertained...This is a lighthearted reminder of our collective nostalgia for the abandon of youth.

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