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| Genre/Form: | Anecdotes |
|---|---|
| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Daum, Meghan, 1970- My misspent youth. New York : Open City Books, c2001 (OCoLC)606531015 |
| Named Person: | Meghan Daum |
| Material Type: | Biography |
| Document Type: | Book |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Meghan Daum |
| ISBN: | 1890447269 9781890447267 |
| OCLC Number: | 46468140 |
| Description: | 177 p. ; 22 cm. |
| Contents: | Foreword -- On the fringes of the physical world -- Publishing and other near-death experiences -- My misspent youth -- Carpet is Mungers -- Inside the tube -- Toy children -- According to the women I'm fairly pretty -- American shiksa -- Music is my bag -- Variations on grief. |
| Responsibility: | by Meghan Daum. |
Abstract:
In these essays the author speaks to questions at the root of the contemporary experience, from the search for authenticity and interpersonal connection in a society defined by consumerism and media; to the disenchantment of working in a "glamour profession"; to the catastrophic effects of living among New York City's terminal hipsters.
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"An empathic reporter and a provocative autobiographer... I finished it in a single afternoon, mesmerized and sputtering."
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