You're embarrassing yourself: stories of love, lust, and movies
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Published:
New York : Random House, [2024].
Format:
Book
Edition:
First edition.
Physical Desc:
xiii, 186 pages ; 21 cm
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780399588501, 0399588507, 9780399588501, 0399588507
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General Note
"A Random House trade paperback original"--Copyright page.
Description
"When it comes to shame, Desiree Akhavan knows what she's talking about-whether it's winning the title of The Ugliest Girl at her high school, acquiescing to the nose job she was lovingly forced into by her Iranian parents, or losing her virginity to a cokehead she met in a support group for cutters. In You're Embarrassing Yourself, Desiree goes to the rawest places-the lifelong struggle to be at peace in one's body, the search for home as the child of immigrants, the anxious underbelly of artistic ambition-in pursuit of wisdom, catharsis, and lolz. Equal parts humorous and heartfelt, these seventeen essays chart an artist's journey from ambiguously ethnic outcast to overnight indie darling, to (somewhat) self-aware adult woman. The result is a collection that captures the pathetic lows and euphoric highs of our youth-and how to survive them"--,Provided by publisher.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Akhavan, D. (2024). You're embarrassing yourself: stories of love, lust, and movies. First edition. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Akhavan, Desiree, 1984-. 2024. You're Embarrassing Yourself: Stories of Love, Lust, and Movies. Random House.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Akhavan, Desiree, 1984-, You're Embarrassing Yourself: Stories of Love, Lust, and Movies. Random House, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Akhavan, Desiree. You're Embarrassing Yourself: Stories of Love, Lust, and Movies. First edition. Random House, 2024.
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| 505 | 0 | |a Introduction (how did I get like this?) -- What I wish I'd known at ten -- The beast -- A cokehead I met in a support group for cutters -- One the nose (job) -- What I wish I'd known at twenty -- Cecilia -- A tragic bunch of basic bitches -- Would Wong Kar Wai approve that frame? -- Going downtown -- "Being the homophobia" -- My first movie -- Boy crazy -- What I wish I'd known at thirty -- Homesick -- Letter to a young filmmaker -- Like storm from X Men -- The love of my life -- You win Sundance -- Things that are happy (reasons not to kill yourself) -- Newly single -- Should I make a human or a movie? -- Hopes for my 40s. | |
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