A "deeply funny new collection of booger-flecked nonfiction"--Time Out New York

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"His stories are, as the title suggests, inappropriate, and they often engender squeamishness, discomfort, and laughter. But they are fresh and, at times, touching, qualities that make this an enjoyable read."--Library Journal

"One of the year's funniest books."--Largehearted Boy

Whoopee cushion coupon. When you buy a copy of the book and send this coupon, along with the book, to Daniel Nester's home, he will send you an official How to Be Inappropriate whoopee cushion. That's right: inflate one of these puppies and let the faux farts fly! While supplies last. [PDF]




Shelf talker.
You know those pieces of paper that stick out of bookstore shelves that touts a title of note? They're called shelf-talkers, and here at Inappropriate Headquarters, we have made some for your own shelf-talking pleasure. print it out, and place it under copies of How to Be Inappropriate at your local bookstore. Or print one out and place one on your own bookshelf! Alternatively, you can use this as a bookmark or to flag down authorities at a roadside accident. [PDF]

 

Wednesday, July 01, 2009
A mini-commonplace.

If you must take care that your opinions do not differ in the least from those of the person with whom you are talking, you might just as well be alone--from Kenko's Essays in Idleness, translated Donald Keene

We must resist the critic's habit, as strong now as ever it was, of dividing poets into teams and making them play against each other--alas, poor critic, having to referee a match in which the players are constantly fraternizing, exchanging jerseys, running in the wrong direction and turning the rules to anarchy!--C. Day Lewis, from The Poetic Image. Boston: Jonathan Cape, 1963, p. 30

We've got perception--Timothy Dansereau

I tried very hard not to have a theme.--Melanie G.

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