He presents an intriguing and plausible plan, with a touch of humor, that just may be the only way out of the political poison that has spread across this. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the. Jul 09, 2009 joe queenan unravels the baffling, tangled world of the movie novelisation joe queenan. One semitropical fourth of july, joe queenans english wife suggested that the family might like a chicken vindaloo in lieu of the customary barbecue. Joe queenan has always been funny and a curmudgeon, but in one for the books, he finally puts the wise in weisenheimer. On april 22, 2017 april 22, 2017 by ken craft in poetry leave a comment. For many years now, joe queenan has made a handsome living by, as above, joyfully eviscerating actors, politicians, writers, singers, businessmen, and any number of other eminently deserving members of americas profoundly selfabsorbed cultural and corporate elite. When it comes to helping millennials move out on their own, ask joe queenan how its done. But during the war he refused to join the nazi party, and found himself cast into a nazi insane asylum. My 6,128 favorite books joe queenan on how a harmless juvenile pastime turned into a lifelong personality disorder.
Facebook gives people the power to share and makes the world more open and connected. October 30, 2012 joe queenan reads so many books, its amazing that he can also find time to write them. Apr 01, 2009 i was excited when i heard joe queenan talking about his book on npr, ive read three of his other books and i enjoy his cranky humor, and his halfputon smug sense of superiority as he skewers american banalities, and while there were many very humorous and poignant sections in this book, i was absolutely driven to distraction by queenans. His paean to reading, one for the books viking, 2012, does not disappoint and shows him at his snarkiest. Joe queenan unravels the baffling, tangled world of the movie novelisation joe queenan.
Writer joe queenan reads on average 125 books a year. Joe queenan author of many books including balsamic dreams. A short but selfimportant history of the baby boomer generation henry holt paperback, 2002 only available in archive formats. Nov 30, 2012 throughout his career, the humorist joe queenan has gleefully skewered pop culture, baby boomers, sports fans and much else. Reading and hearing about the hue and cry from thousands for secession since the election, with texas leading the pack, i highly recommend the book better off without em. He writes for inside sports, golf, tennis magazine and basketball america and commentates on npr and cbs. Id thought that i had set these books aside for so many years because they were too daunting or, in the case of thomas mann, too. His other anthologies are coach, brothers, central park, our boston, the good book, in their lives. This disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. His latest work, one for the books, is all about what he reads and why.
Queenan estimates hes read between 6,000 and 7,000 books total, at a rate of about 125 books a year or. Perhaps more and the roles books have played in his life from a variety of vantage points. I was excited when i heard joe queenan talking about his book on npr, ive. Queenan estimates hes read between 6,000 and 7,000 books total, at a rate of about 125 books a year or 100 in a slow year. Joe queenan is the kind of humor writer with whom one doesnt always agree, but he never fails to provoke a laugh. A oneofakind celebration of americas greatest comic stripand the life lessons it can teach usfrom a stellar array of writers and artists. He is an editor at large for esquire and has worked for the antioch daily ledger and entertainment weekly. April 18, 2009 npr s scott simon talks with humor writer joe queenan about closing time, queenan s memoir of growing up in a philadelphia housing project with an abusive father and. Originally aired on july 28, 1998, the connection interview. Queenan wrote about growing up poor in philadelphia and suffering at the hands of his violent father. Joe queenan on how a harmless juvenile pastime turned into a lifelong personality disorder. In an excerpt of one for the books, joe queenan celebrates physical books.
Oct 30, 2012 april 18, 2009 npr s scott simon talks with humor writer joe queenan about closing time, queenans memoir of growing up in a philadelphia housing project with an abusive father and. Joe queenans one for the books updates on a freeverse life. One semitropical fourth of july, joe queenan s english wife suggested that the family might like a chicken vindaloo in lieu of the customary barbecue. Joe queenan is a regular contributor on business issues, corporate culture, and financial follies to barrons and the wall street journal. The 33 essays, poems, and cartoons in this book, most original to the volume, are affectionate valentines to charles m. One for the books, by joe queenan the new york times. Some years i just went completely nuts, queenan tells npr s robert siegel. Joe queenans acerbic riffs on movies, sports, books, politics, and many of the. Oct 20, 2012 joe queenans fullthroated defense of books in this past saturdays wall street journal, my 6,128 favorite books, set afloat a reverie during my walk to marios. Hes an author who purportedly reads 125 books a year, even managing to squeeze in 250 one time before running out of steam.
Joe queenan author, an american freelance satirist and critic. Joe queenan turns hard times into humor npr s scott simon talks with humor writer joe queenan about closing time, queenans memoir of growing up in a philadelphia housing project with an abusive father and indifferent mother. Joe queenan shared how he became a voracious reader to escape a joyless childhood. See details 2 joe queenan books closing time a memoir and one for the books writer literary. Better off without em book by chuck thompson official.
Npr interviews joe queenan, an author who reads more than 125 books a year between 6,000 and 7,000 total. A deeply funny and affecting memoir about a great escape from a childhood of poverty joe queenans acerbic riffs on movies, sports, books, politics, and many of the least forgivable phenomena of pop culture have made him one of the most popular humorists and commentators of. By joe queenans reckoning, in his 62 years of life he has read at least 6,128 books. He sometimes gets sidetracked with staycations, journeys not far from ones home and trips to paris and scandinavia. When bad covers happen to good books the new york times. Now, like many bibliophiles, he fears for the books that once saved him. Yesterday npr books posted an interview with an author who reads 125 books or more a year. Throughout his career, the humorist joe queenan has gleefully skewered pop culture, baby boomers, sports fans and much else. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books every 1, 2, or 3 months new customers receive 15% off your.
Joe queenan february 5, 2000, whadda ya know, npr audio interview. Join facebook to connect with meghan francisco and others you may know. One of americas leading humorists and author of the bestseller closing time examines his own obsession with books joe queenan became a voracious reader as a means of escape from a joyless childhood in a philadelphia housing project. Joe queenan turns hard times into humor nprs scott simon talks with humor writer joe queenan about closing time, queenans memoir of growing up in a philadelphia housing project with an abusive. A librarians love letters and breakup notes to the books in her life by annie. Npr reports that independent booksellers are feeling more optimistic this.
Protect my public media, npr books, npr s weekend edition, this american life, rene magritte, joe queenan, dog eared books, nickies bar, mcteagues saloon, collioure, toulouse. In his latest, one for the books, he recounts a lifetime of reading. A couple years ago i read about 250 queenan admits to being an irishcatholic. A large part of the problem is that young adults millennials are 18 to 31 years old dont hate their parents the way baby boomers hated theirs. April 18, 2009 npr s scott simon talks with humor writer joe queenan about closing time, queenans memoir of growing up in a philadelphia housing project with an abusive father and. Npr interviews joe queenan, an author who reads more than 125 books a year.
Ive tried for the past 5 years or so to get to 50, so 125 seems almost impossible to me. Great writers on great beatles songs, and as coeditor for the love of baseball. Joe queenan one of the most extraordinary ambitious literary resurrections in recent memory. Joe queenan politician, an irish politician disambiguation page providing links to topics that could be referred to by the same search term this disambiguation page lists articles about people with the same name. A northern manifesto for southern secession by chuck thompson. Joe queenans fullthroated defense of books in this past saturdays wall street journal, my 6,128 favorite books, set afloat a reverie during my walk to marios. Andrew blauner, editor, is the founder of blauner books literary agency.
Its given him a unique perspective on babyboomer consumption patterns, and in the first extended scene in people like us he takes on a gimleteyed tour of some upscale santa monica, california shops. It was this pitiless act of gastronomic cultural oppression, coupled with dread of the fearsome. Back in 2012, there was an npr all things considered interview with joe queenan that i vividly remember. In the years since then he has dedicated himself to an assortment of idiosyncratic reading challenges. Jan 20, 2017 back in 2012, there was an npr all things considered interview with joe queenan that i vividly remember. Nov 26, 2012 joe queenan s one for the books may look like another such bookish book, a series of loosely linked essays that chronicle the authors encounters with books, bookstores and libraries. Fallada outlasted the reich and was freed at wars end. Sam munson, the national unique in its insight into life in nazi germany. Jan 27, 20 by joe queenans reckoning, in his 62 years of life he has read at least 6,128 books.
Queenan supplies an urgency to my quest to read more. I want to read more stuff with which i can connect. Joe queenan has been publishing books here for a decade, yet despite being one of. John feinstein is the bestselling author of let me tell you a story, caddy for life, open, the punch, the last amateurs, the majors, a good walk spoiled, a civil war, a season on the brink, play ball, hard courts, and two novels. A shelf full of books about books the washington post. Schulzs muchloved comic strip, peanutssyndicated in newspapers from 1950 to 2000that gauge the cultural impact of charlie brown, snoopy, and the rest of the gang. Joe queenans one for the books may look like another such bookish book, a series of loosely linked essays that chronicle the authors encounters with.
Joe queenan looks back at 2015 lively 2015s cast included washington bankers, swedish actresses, serena williams, john boehner and a diyminded water snake. Should he continue to read at his current clip 100 to 200. I can honestly say this is one of the few books that has illicited. Joe queenan reads so many books, its amazing that he can also find time to write them. Queenan estimates hes read between 6,000 and 7,000 books total, at a rate of about 125 books a year. But author joe queenan has read more than 250 in a year where he tried to read one every day, but lost steam. A lifelong reader, he talks very personally about books, libraries, bookstores, other readers. I was excited when i heard joe queenan talking about his book on npr, ive read three of his other books and i enjoy his cranky humor, and his halfputon smug sense of superiority as he skewers american banalities, and while there were many very humorous and poignant sections in this book, i was absolutely driven to distraction by queenan s. In his latest, one for the books, he recounts a lifetime of reading the classics, the trashy and everything in between. He is the author of 10 books, including queenan country and balsamic dreams. Id thought that i had set these books aside for so many years because they were.
In one for the books joe queenan writes about books, and offers some insight into the books we read and why we make the choices that we do. It was this pitiless act of gastronomic cultural oppression, coupled with dread of the fearsome christmas pudding that awaited him for dessert. Hans fallada was the pen name of german author rudolf ditzen, whose books were bestsellers in the us and uk prior to world war ii and were even made into hollywood movies. One for the books is a readinglifememoir, as joe queenan describes his passion for reading if it were possible, i would read books eight to ten hours a day, every day of the year. Should he continue to read at his current clip 100 to 200 books annually, he calculates that given natural. Joe queenan on movie novelisation film the guardian.
357 309 954 1092 15 556 1244 108 82 817 16 116 1366 44 606 1144 527 100 1232 171 1375 123 1441 481 1190 616 1227 938 369 183 1220 1408 1403 819 696 878 297 1068 1166