Jokes My Father Never Taught Me
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Jokes My Father Never Taught Me
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Author : Rain Pryor
language : en
Publisher: Harper Collins
Release Date : 2009-10-13
Jokes My Father Never Taught Me written by Rain Pryor and has been published by Harper Collins this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-10-13 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
The loving, witty, yet brutally honest memoir of the daughter of comedy legend Richard Pryor. Rain Pryor was born in the idealistic, free-love 1960s. Her mother was a Jewish go-go dancer who wanted a tribe of rainbow children. Rain’s father was Richard Pryor, perhaps the most compelling and brilliant comedian of his era, a man whose self-destructiveness was as legendary as his groundbreaking comedy. Jokes My Father Never Taught Me is an intimate, harrowing, poignant, and often hilarious memoir that explores the divided heritage and the forces that shaped a wildly schizophrenic childhood. It is the story of a girl who grew up adoring her father even as she feared him—and feared for him, as his drug problems got worse. Both lovingly told and painfully frank, it is an unprecedented look at the life of a comedy icon, told by a daughter who both understood the genius and knew the tortured man within. Praise for Jokes My Father Never Taught Me “Rain Pryor pulls no punches . . . Using the same profanity-laced wit her father perfected, she unspools darkly comic stories . . . but never devolves into self-pity or bitterness.” —Entertainment Weekly “Vital, entertaining and appalling, Pryor has fleshed out a familiar dysfunctional family refrain—”It was a lot easier to love him if you didn’t know him”—with bravery and wit.” —Publishers Weekly
Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me And Other Stories
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Author : Cyril Wong
language : en
Publisher: Epigram Books
Release Date : 2014
Ten Things My Father Never Taught Me And Other Stories written by Cyril Wong and has been published by Epigram Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014 with Literary Collections categories.
Recommended by the National Library Board, Singapore and Ministry of Communications and Information A woman learns of a friend’s illness and wonders if she ever truly knew him. A boy who sees ghosts heeds the advice of a fortune-teller, with surprising consequences. A girl wakes up and realises everybody in her Bedok neighbourhood has vanished. From Cyril Wong, award-winning author of The Last Lesson of Mrs de Souza, comes another beautiful book about characters in crisis, with two stories crossing intriguingly into creative autobiography.
Furious Cool
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Author : David Henry
language : en
Publisher: Algonquin Books
Release Date : 2013-11-05
Furious Cool written by David Henry and has been published by Algonquin Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2013-11-05 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
“Richard Pryor was chain lightning to everything around him. He shocked the world through with human electricity. He blew all our comfortable balance to hell. And Furious Cool captures it brilliantly.” —Colum McCann, author of Let the Great World Spin Richard Pryor was arguably the single most influential performer of the second half of the twentieth century, and certainly he was the most successful black actor/comedian ever. Controversial and somewhat enigmatic during his life, Pryor’s performances opened up a whole new world of possibilities, merging fantasy with angry reality in a way that wasn’t just new—it was theretofore unthinkable. Now, in this groundbreaking and revelatory work, Joe and David Henry bring him alive again both as a man and as an artist, providing an in-depth appreciation of his talent and his lasting influence, as well as an insightful examination of the world he lived in and the myriad influences that shaped both his persona and his art. “Brothers David and Joe Henry have brought Richard Pryor back to pulsating life, affirming both his humanity and his immortality as a comic--and tragic--genius.” —The Huffington Post “A sleek, highly literate biography that places the comic in the pop-cultural context of his times.” —Bloomberg News “It would be enough if Furious Cool was a profile of Pryor’s uncanny talents, psychic turmoil, and ungovernable behavior, but it’s also a fascinating history of black comedy . . . Furious Cool captures Pryor’s frenetic routines and stage presence on the page . . . The inextricable legacy of Richard Pryor—his boldness, inventiveness, candor, and empathy—lives on.” —Los Angeles Magazine “An addictively readable study of the path of this outsized talent . . . Someday, when fewer people know Richard Pryor’s name, Furious Cool will be the best defense against the worst sort of forgetting--the kind that involves who we are now, who we loved once, and why.” —Esquire
How To Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind
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Author : La Marr Jurelle Bruce
language : en
Publisher: Duke University Press
Release Date : 2021-04-26
How To Go Mad Without Losing Your Mind written by La Marr Jurelle Bruce and has been published by Duke University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-04-26 with Social Science categories.
“Hold tight. The way to go mad without losing your mind is sometimes unruly.” So begins La Marr Jurelle Bruce's urgent provocation and poignant meditation on madness in black radical art. Bruce theorizes four overlapping meanings of madness: the lived experience of an unruly mind, the psychiatric category of serious mental illness, the emotional state also known as “rage,” and any drastic deviation from psychosocial norms. With care and verve, he explores the mad in the literature of Amiri Baraka, Gayl Jones, and Ntozake Shange; in the jazz repertoires of Buddy Bolden, Sun Ra, and Charles Mingus; in the comedic performances of Richard Pryor and Dave Chappelle; in the protest music of Nina Simone, Lauryn Hill, and Kendrick Lamar, and beyond. These artists activate madness as content, form, aesthetic, strategy, philosophy, and energy in an enduring black radical tradition. Joining this tradition, Bruce mobilizes a set of interpretive practices, affective dispositions, political principles, and existential orientations that he calls “mad methodology.” Ultimately, How to Go Mad without Losing Your Mind is both a study and an act of critical, ethical, radical madness.
Ebony
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Author :
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2007-03
Ebony written by and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2007-03 with categories.
EBONY is the flagship magazine of Johnson Publishing. Founded in 1945 by John H. Johnson, it still maintains the highest global circulation of any African American-focused magazine.
Richard Pryor
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Author : Audrey Thomas McCluskey
language : en
Publisher: Indiana University Press
Release Date : 2008-09-17
Richard Pryor written by Audrey Thomas McCluskey and has been published by Indiana University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008-09-17 with Biography & Autobiography categories.
"This anthology captures the spirit, zest, and cultural impact of Pryor's complex artistry."--Back cover.
Matrilineal Dissent
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Author : Annie Atura Bushnell
language : en
Publisher: Wayne State University Press
Release Date : 2024-05-07
Matrilineal Dissent written by Annie Atura Bushnell and has been published by Wayne State University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2024-05-07 with Literary Criticism categories.
Collectively, contributors reframe Jewish American literary history through feminist approaches that have revolutionized the field, from intersectionality and the #MeToo movement to queer theory and disability studies. Examining both canonical and lesser-known texts, this collection asks: what happens to conventional understandings of Jewish American literature when we center women's writing and acknowledge women as dominant players in Jewish cultural production?
My Life My Body
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Author : Marge Piercy
language : en
Publisher: PM Press
Release Date : 2015-09-01
My Life My Body written by Marge Piercy and has been published by PM Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2015-09-01 with Fiction categories.
In a candid and intimate new collection of essays, poems, memoirs, reviews, rants, and railleries, Piercy discusses her own development as a working-class feminist, the highs and lows of TV culture, the ego-dances of a writer’s life, the homeless and the housewife, Allen Ginsberg and Marilyn Monroe, feminist utopias (and why she doesn’t live in one), why fiction isn’t physics; and of course, fame, sex, and money, not necessarily in that order. The short essays, poems, and personal memoirs intermingle like shards of glass that shine, reflect—and cut. Always personal yet always political, Piercy’s work is drawn from a deep well of feminist and political activism. Also featured is our Outspoken Interview, in which the author lays out her personal rules for living on Cape Cod, finding your poetic voice, and making friends in Cuba.
Chicken Soup For The Soul Dads Daughters
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Author : Jack Canfield
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2011-04-19
Chicken Soup For The Soul Dads Daughters written by Jack Canfield and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-04-19 with Family & Relationships categories.
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Dads & Daughters celebrates the special bond between fathers and daughters. Daughters and wives will find this book a wonderful way to express their appreciation to their fathers and husbands. The day a girl is born, she starts a special relationship with her father. It doesn’t matter her age -- she will always be his little girl. This wide-ranging exploration of the relationship between fathers and daughters will warm the hearts of daughters, fathers, and grandfathers, with our 101 favorite stories from Chicken Soup for the Soul’s library, celebrating the special bond between fathers and daughters as they move through all of life’s different phases.
A Taste Of Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul Iii
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Author : Jack Canfield
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2012-10-02
A Taste Of Chicken Soup For The Teenage Soul Iii written by Jack Canfield and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2012-10-02 with Self-Help categories.
It's tough being a teenager. No longer a kid but not quite an adult, teens live in a world that's constantly in transition, trying to figure out who they are and where they belong. It's a time of discovery and learning as well as a time of introspection and relationship building. Our teenage experiences help us grow in important ways, and this collection of stories—by and for teenagers—is an inside look at the years that shape our lives.