...George My Lobotomy - Howard Dully, Charles Fleming Anathem - Neal Stephenson A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father - Augusten Burroughs Look Me in the Eye: My Life with Aspergerâs - John Elder Robison Wigfield: The Can-Do Town That Just May Not - Amy...
...after you are gone can add a dimension of intrigue. You would think writing a memoir would be an exhausting experience. Augusten Burroughs wrote an acclaimed memoir in 2003 titled "Running With Scissors." A year later, he wrote another memoir, and three years...
...holding onto the tailcoats of Vicki Iovine and Jenny McCarthy. If I talk about overcoming addiction, I'm jumping on the Augusten Burroughs/Elizabeth Wurtzel (again)/Koren Zailckas/Anthony Kiedis/MillionLittleLiesonOprah bandwagon. If I write about my-hilarious-self...
... Augusten Burroughs, or at least his wacky psychotherapist's family, invented Bible Dipping. When any member of the family had a question and needed to speak directly to the big guy (aka God, not Santa Claus), he'd grab the dictionary, flip open to a page...
..."Caress me in your velvet chair," sang Flowers, a lyric emblematic of the band's reoccurring themes. They make songs like an Augusten Burroughs memoir -- expertly packaged witticism, hinting at surfaces that may or may not be underneath. The evening's highlight...
...a booming genre in publishing, and this is not the first time an autobiography's truth has been questioned. American writer Augusten Burroughs was sued by the family depicted in "Running With Scissors," his 2002 book about a bizarre and chaotic upbringing....
...always someone behind that person you've got your eye on. At RiverRun Bookstore the figure behind Kathryn Harrison, Augusten Burroughs, and Owen King is events gatekeeper Michele Filgate. She was once one of the people behind Katie Couric on the CBS Evening...
...to Augusten Burroughs (Running with Scissors) because I can't imagine any person with more amazing family stories than Augusten Burroughs, except maybe Christopher Ciccone. Some matches are tough to make, like Mary Karr (Liar's Club, Cherry). I'm thinking...
...and William Morrow) try to decide who gets the Silverman collection, which her agent is billing as "just like Tina Fey's." That must have been what it felt like for Augusten Burroughs when his agent had to refer to him as "just like David Sedaris."...
...two years ago. Their first project headed to the screen is one close to writer-director Bozek's heart: an adaptation of Augusten Burroughs' home shopping parody "SelleVision." The original comedy "The Bobinski Bros. Funeral Home" is also on their plate. Producer-screenwriter...