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Difficult People
Manipulators and liars, egomaniacs, bullies, interrupters, condescenders, ice queens, backstabbers, hypocrites, withholders, belligerents, self-deceivers, whiners, know-it-alls, nitpickers: these are some of the characters you'll encounter in Difficult People, a collection of stories that investigates and celebrates difficult people (and some animals).
As these characters fumble through their quests for YouTube fame, stand-up glory, romantic love, stable employment or anyone who can tolerate them, they reveal that we are all, in our own ways, difficult people.
Book Details
- Publisher: Nightwood Editions
- Publish Date: May 15th, 2019
- Pages: 256
- Language: English
- Edition: undefined - undefined
- Dimensions: 8.40in - 5.50in - 0.50in - 0.55lb
- EAN: 9780889713390
- Categories: • Short Stories (single author)• Literary• Humorous - General
About the Author
Catriona Wright is a writer, editor and teacher. Her work has appeared in PRISM international, Prairie Fire, The Rusty Toque, Lemon Hound, The Best Canadian Poetry in English 2015 (Tightrope Books) and elsewhere. She's been a finalist for The Walrus' Poetry Prize, Arc's Poem of the Year Contest, a National Magazine Award and is the author of the poetry collection, Table Manners (VĂ©hicule Press, 2017). Wright currently lives in Toronto where she is poetry editor of The Puritan and co-founder of Desert Pets Press.
Praise for this book
If you've ever Instagrammed your lunch, or directed distain toward somebody who has, [Table Manners] is the book for you. The poems are vivid, surprising, and pretty much devourable.
--Kerry Clare "49th Shelf"[Table Manners is] a baroque feast of juicy diction and inventive wordplay that explores food as social ritual and slippery signifier of desire.
--Barb Carey "The Toronto Star"Deft, dark, and unflinching, Catriona Wright's work is stand-up comedy for the mind.
-- "Emily Schultz, author of The Blondes""A remarkably brave, sexy, sophisticated collection fuelled by brilliant language and wicked humor."
-- "Barbara Gowdy"Tightly woven and elaborate in their conceit, the poems in Table Manners linger both on the mind and palate.
--Gillian Sze "Montreal Review of Books"