Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker: On Work and the Writing Life
Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker: On Work and the Writing Life
Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker: On Work and the Writing Life
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In the Harmony Memoir Series, Lori Jakiela's fourth book. A Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker: On Work and the Writing Life
"I could throw a rock in just about any direction and hit a good writer. The hard part is finding the special ones, the writers who make us laugh, then cry and who make us feel like they're in our heads. Lori Jakiela is one of the special ones, and with Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker, she reminds us why, essay by essay, sentence by sentence. She writes from the heart, she's fearless and funny, and her love for her family and her craft leap off the page." -- Ben Tanzer, author of Be Cool, SEX AND DEATH and Orphans
"I could throw a rock in just about any direction and hit a good writer. The hard part is finding the special ones, the writers who make us laugh, then cry and who make us feel like they're in our heads. Lori Jakiela is one of the special ones, and with Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker, she reminds us why, essay by essay, sentence by sentence. She writes from the heart, she's fearless and funny, and her love for her family and her craft leap off the page." -- Ben Tanzer, author of Be Cool, SEX AND DEATH and Orphans
Critical Reviews
Critical Reviews
On Belief is its own Kind of Truth, Maybe: "The story of what we all long for...filled with heart-wrenching scenes and moments of transcendence. It doesn't look away from the ugly, but it always finds the light that rises above it." Lee Martin
"Lori Jakiela�s Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker is a hilarious, working-class hero of an essay collection. It�s full of mall employees, flight attendants, working mothers, struggling writers, loving daughters, and adopted children, who all end up being one person named Lori Jakiela. A book of many masks, it proves the saying: there is no such thing as an ordinary life" Scott McClanahan, author of Crapalachia and The Sarah Book... "Lori Jakiela�s Portrait of the Artist as a Bingo Worker is every bit as lively as its title. Jakiela�s wide-ranging dispatches from the land of polka, sex chairs, nut-rolls and fish frys are truly unforgettable. It is said that we see the world we are looking for � Jakiela sees human kindness and human folly in equal measure, and describes all of it vividly, poignantly, and with a brilliant sense of humor. " Dinty W. Moore, author of Between Panic & Desir
Publishing Information
Publishing Information
Publisher:
Bottom Dog Press
Pub date:
2017-07-23
Length:
216 pages
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