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Hits and Misses by Simon Rich
Simon Rich is "one of the funniest writers in America" (Daily Beast) -- a humorist who draws comparisons to Douglas Adams (New York Times Book Review), James Thurber, and P.G. Wodehouse (The Guardian). With Hits and Misses, he's back with a hilarious new collection of stories about dreaming big and falling flat, about ordinary people desperate for stardom and the stars who are bored by having it all.
Inspired by Rich's real experiences in Hollywood, Hits and Misses chronicles all the absurdity of fame and success alongside the heartbreaking humanity of failure. From a bitter tell-all by the horse Paul Revere rode to greatness to a gushing magazine profile of everyone's favorite World War II dictator, these stories roam across time and space to skewer our obsession with making it big -- from the days of ancient Babylon to the age of TMZ.
Carole Rich is a retired journalism professor who was the Atwood professor at the University of Alaska Anchorage before accepting a full-time position. She also worked for 16 years in the newspaper industry and served as chair of the journalism department at Hofstra University in New York for two years. She also taught journalism at the University of Kansas for 11 years. She worked as a reporter for the former PHILADELPHIA EVENING BULLETIN, the SUN-SENTINEL in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, and the HARTFORD COURANT in Connecticut. Professor Rich has led many writing seminars for media groups, including a group of professional journalists in Spain, in addition to working as a visiting writing coach at newspapers around the United States. She is the author of a number of well-known media and reporting textbooks.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780316468893 |
| ISBN 10 | 0316468894 |
| Title | Hits and Misses |
| Author | Simon Rich |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Little Brown and Company |
| Year published | 2018-07-24 |
| Number of pages | 240 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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