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ISBN. 9780786851966. OCLC. 61458359. It's Kind of a Funny Story is a 2006 novel by American author Ned Vizzini. The book was inspired by Vizzini's own brief hospitalization for depression in November 2004. [1] Ned Vizzini later died by suicide [2] on December 19, 2013. The book received recognition as a 2007 Best Book for Young Adults from the ...
Short stories date back to oral storytelling traditions which originally produced epics such as the Ramayana, the Mahabharata, and Homer 's Iliad and Odyssey. Oral narratives were often told in the form of rhyming or rhythmic verse, often including recurring sections or, in the case of Homer, Homeric epithets. Such stylistic devices often acted ...
35318437. A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again: Essays and Arguments is a 1997 collection of nonfiction writing by David Foster Wallace . In the title essay, originally published in Harper's as "Shipping Out", Wallace describes the excesses of his one-week trip in the Caribbean aboard the cruise ship MV Zenith, which he rechristens the Nadir.
The Garden Party (short story) " The Garden Party " is a 1922 short story by Katherine Mansfield. It was first published (as " The Garden-Party ") in three parts in the Saturday Westminster Gazette on 4 and 11 February 1922, and the Weekly Westminster Gazette on 18 February 1922. [1] It later appeared in The Garden Party and Other Stories. [2]
A Century of Laughter. 100 Years Laughing Matters 1000x667 En. For 100 years, Reader’s Digest has proudly re-printed the funniest and corniest gags, anecdotes, and pithy one-liners in the pages ...
Letters from the Earth is a posthumously published work of American author Mark Twain (1835–1910) collated by Bernard DeVoto. [1] It comprises essays written during a difficult time in Twain's life (1904–1909), when he was deeply in debt and had recently lost his wife and one of his daughters. [2] The content concerns morality and religion ...
Creative nonfiction: factual narrative presented in the form of a story so as to entertain the reader. Personal narrative: a prose relating personal experience and opinion to a factual narrative. Essay: a short literary composition, often reflecting the author's outlook or point of view. Position paper
21. "Each year at graduation, I am obliged to offer a few 'brief remarks,' which are usually not as brief as they should be." - James E. Ryan. 22. “Just remember, you can’t climb the ladder of ...
1969. Chronology. At the Cadian Ball. —. " The Storm " is a short story written by the American writer Kate Chopin in 1898. The story takes place during the 19th century in the South of the United States, where storms are frequent and dangerous. It did not appear in print in Chopin's lifetime, but it was published in The Complete Works of ...
Maybe you’re lucky enough to be talk ing with kids, who are always down for a good laugh. They might have a great answer to funny questions like, “What would you do if you had four arms ...