...lead pretty separate lives. Last month, Tegan co-headlined Spin.com's inaugural Liner Notes event not with Sara but with Augusten Burroughs, for whom she wrote and recorded "His Love" for the audio book of his new memoir. And according to Tegan, the older...
...books: Captain Underpants, by Dav Pilkey. Reason: encouraging children to disrespect authority. Running with Scissors, by Augusten Burroughs. Reason: sexually explicit. The Harry Potter series, by J.K. Rowling. Reason: promoting witchcraft. As a self-described...
...just asked to meet Toby because I want to do to him what everyone has done to me. Somebody asked me, ‘Are you e-mailing with Augusten Burroughs?’ I said, look, we don’t have a little group where we’re all getting together and kicking it. It would be nice,...
...my book- just ignore the cover. I hate it!)... i myself am made entirely of flaws, stitched together with good intentions. Augusten Burroughs You love me. And I love that. And I love you. But I have a secret to confess. I’m not myself- I’m very much other...
...there were nothing but details, almost contiguous details.” (Full text of the story available here) Big Think interviewed Augusten Burroughs, the writer whose acute memory got him in trouble after his memoirs aired his family’s dirty laundry. Burroughs explains...
...is sharp in otherwise dull film “Running With Scissors,” the film version of Augusten Burroughs’ best-selling 2002 memoir about his allegedly whacked-out childhood, is one seriously bent flick — and not in a good way. It has a powerhouse cast giving powerhouse...
...at some of the restaurants downtown too, in the process of working this guest list." AE: So while working on this song for Augusten Burroughs, was it difficult for you to write about something that was so specific? TQ: It was different and fun because it wasn't...
...all unhappy, many of them are humorous, weird, or just downright cool. Robison is the brother of Running With Scissors author Augusten Burroughs; he toured with KISS and built special effects for Ace Frehleys guitars; he helped design some of the first talking...
...audience member asked if he felt any camaraderie from other authors that have written similar books. "You mean, has Augusten Burroughs e-mailed me? No, but that'd be cool." He also said that he would like to meet James Frey. "Even though I wasn't really a...
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