"Fourteen years ago, I was stabbed in the throat. This is kind of a long story and less interesting than it sounds....After my unsuccessful murder I wasn't unhappy for an entire year."This first essay, Reprieve, is a short reflection on how his outlook on life changed afterward. His first year was...
Sister Nancy gave me a copy of Nancy Pearl's review along with this book for Christmas. The review sounded so good that although I was still mid-Plutocrats I thought I'd read one of these essays and then get back to my "real" reading.I read it straight through. The joy of this book is, in part, th...
Austin Kleon raves
MY THOUGHTSLOVED ITI don't know how anyone can turn being stabbed in the neck and almost dying funny, but Tim Kreider does! I was touch by his poignant remembrances and descriptions of his attack and the aftermath. Specifically, how he thought up new ways to describe the incident and how the "inci...
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