| Awake!: A Reader for the Sleepless Contributor(s): Beeber, Steven Lee (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1933368799 ISBN-13: 9781933368795 Publisher: Catapult OUR PRICE: $17.05 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: December 2007 Annotation: Although millions of books have served to help the sleepless relax, "Awake! will make sleeplessness fun. Fiction (including previously unpublished stories by Aimee Bender and Arthur Bradford); essays (from Yale neurobiologists to Priscella Becker); the probably true fictions (like Jonathan Ames's masturbation solution to insomnia); comics (Howard Cruse, Seth Tobocman); poetry (Charles Simic, Rebecca Wolff); Davy Rothbart of FOUND MAgazine even chips in some found texts; and the editor finds some excerpts from the blogosphere -- all combine to offer a nighttime companion for the sleepless reader. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Literary Collections | Essays - Health & Fitness | Sleep |
| Dewey: 818.540 |
| LCCN: 2009278270 |
| Physical Information: 0.92" H x 6.16" W x 8.79" (0.93 lbs) 352 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Perfect for dipping (even while drowsing), this collection of lively, literate riffs make sleeplessness not just tolerable but fun. Millions can't sleep; millions more sleep with those who can't sleep. This collection is ideal for both the casual light sleeper and the dedicated insomniac (as well as their bedmates), delighting and distracting night owls with irresistible fiction, articles, blogs, art, photographs, comics, and more. Fiction, including previously unpublished stories by Aimee Bender and Arthur Bradford; essays from Yale neurobiologists to Priscella Becker; the probably true fictions like Jonathan Ames's masturbation solution to insomnia; comic writing from Howard Cruse and Seth Tobocman; poetry from Charles Simic and Rebecca Wolff; Davy Rothbart of FOUND magazine chips in some found texts--all combine to offer a nighttime companion for the sleepless reader. |