The End of the World Notwithstanding - Janna L. Goodwin

The End of the World Notwithstanding

Stories I Lived to Tell
Buch | Softcover
208 Seiten
2021
Travelers' Tales, Incorporated (Verlag)
978-1-60952-201-8 (ISBN)
16,20 inkl. MwSt
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Rife with misadventures, brushes with death, and moments of existential insight, The End of the World Notwithstanding is a hilarious yet reflective look at the emotional experiences that make everyday life exciting—and the physical ones that remind us we’re lucky to be alive.



I’m traveling alone, renting a cabin at a normally tranquil spot—that’s called foreshadowing—on the banks of the Big Laramie River at the edge of the Medicine Bow National Forest.



So begins Janna L. Goodwin’s lighthearted collection of nail-biting stories, all true, and all of which fill the listener with wonder … as in, “I wonder how any of us survives?”


Encounters with wildfire, insects, house pets, weather, gravity, predators, bullies, and the most potent force of all—fear itself—unfold in remote landscapes of the American West (and Midwest); on the neon-splashed sidewalks of Hollywood; at a Catskills summer camp for actors; in the lavish apartment of a famous senator; in a Hawaiian beach condo; on the side of a mountain above the Mediterranean Sea; and far beneath the streets of Paris. Goodwin looks for and ultimately finds meaning (if not security) in a clear-eyed acknowledgment of our shared, human condition—and in laughter.

Janna L. Goodwin teaches in the Communication department and the Mile High MFA program at Regis University in Denver, Colorado. She grew up in Wyoming, performed improv comedy for a few years with Moving Violations and other groups in the Los Angeles area, and—after living for a year in France—studied theatre at the National Shakespeare Conservatory in New York. She earned her BA in Film and Music from Hampshire College and her doctoral degree in Communication from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. Her plays have been produced by independent theatre companies on the East Coast and in Colorado. She has created and directed ensemble comedies for many years, including The House Not Touched by Death (Pilgrim Theatre Collective; the Ko Festival of Performance) and Just Pretend Everything Is Perfectly Normal (Playwright Theatre). Her most recent solo show, You Are Reminded That Your Safety is Your Own Responsibility, premiered at the United Solo Theatre Festival in New York, toured a bit, and provided the original material for this, her first book.

You Are Reminded That Your Safety Is Your Own Responsibility

Mind the Abyss

Fraidycat

Reality

Then They Come Towards You

And I’ll Obey

How It Could Happen

The Almighty

The Wolf and Me

Petrified

The End of the World Notwithstanding

Peaches

Erscheinungsdatum
Zusatzinfo Black and white
Verlagsort Sebastopol
Sprache englisch
Maße 127 x 177 mm
Themenwelt Literatur Biografien / Erfahrungsberichte
Literatur Briefe / Tagebücher
Kunst / Musik / Theater
Reiseführer Asien Indien
Reiseführer Nord- / Mittelamerika USA
ISBN-10 1-60952-201-X / 160952201X
ISBN-13 978-1-60952-201-8 / 9781609522018
Zustand Neuware
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