| Moving Foreword: Real Introductions to Totally Made-Up Books Contributor(s): Chattman, Jon (Editor) |
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ISBN: 1946885819 ISBN-13: 9781946885814 Publisher: Benbella Books OUR PRICE: $16.16 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2019 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Humor | Topic - Celebrity & Popular Culture - Literary Criticism | American - General |
| Dewey: 818.602 |
| LCCN: 2018058472 |
| Physical Information: 0.8" H x 6" W x 9.1" (0.85 lbs) 240 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: A great foreword is more than just a few pages of self-indulgent frippery that comes before a book. A great foreword adds zest. It sets the stage for the page turner you're about to open, and perhaps even puts you in the locked room where a mystery happens or in the high-button shoes of a year gone by. A great foreword--sometimes--is even better than the book it precedes. So why not skip the boring actual-book part? Moving Foreword is a collection of introductions to imaginary books, written by real celebrities, comedians, musicians, and other writers with something to say. With a real foreword by Rainn Wilson, this book offers a no-holds-barred cacophony of laugh-out-loud funny, poignant, and thought-provoking writing that tackles everything from politics to pop culture, true crime to trout fishing, and Star Wars to skin flicks. Highlights include: - Bustin' Through: Confessions of a Kool-Aid Man Foreword by Pop Candy columnist Whitney Matheson - Phil Rosenthal's Who's the Boss?: My Unlikely Rise to Rock Stardom Foreword by Bruce Springsteen (Phil Rosenthal) - Keep Your Gaze on Me: A True Story of Social Media, Obsession, and Murder Foreword by Shirley Manson, lead vocalist of Garbage - Sock Puppet Mozart: The Life and Gruesome Death of Randy Masterson Foreword by actor Thomas Lennon - Vance DeGeneris: An Unauthorized Biography Foreword by Vance DeGeneres - Everything You Need to Know About Massachusetts Fish and Wildlife Regulations Foreword by New Kids on the Block member Jonathan Knight - Fly Ball: How the New York Yankees Have Changed Lives Foreword by talk show host Jerry Springer - Terrible Band Names: A Chronology of Rock History Foreword by John Ondrasik, a.k.a. Five for Fighting - God's Wow, You're All F***ing This Up Big Time Foreword by singer-songwriter Mary Lambert . . . any many more! |