A Common Pornography: A Memoir
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Book Overview
In 2003 Kevin Sampsell authored a chapbook memoir of the same title. It was written as a kind of "memory experiment," in which he recollected luminous details from his childhood in independently amusing chapters. It functioned as an experiential catalogue of American youth in the 70s and 80s. In 2008 Kevin′s estranged father died of an aneurysm. When he returned home to Kennewick, Washington for the funeral, Kevin′s mother revealed...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0061766100
ISBN13:9780061766107
Release Date:January 2010
Publisher:Harper Perennial
Length:256 Pages
Weight:0.50 lbs.
Dimensions:0.7" x 5.3" x 8.0"
Customer Reviews
5 ratings
Fantastic Book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
Great book which offers an intimate look into Kevin's life and relationships. Despite the the huge differences in lives that we have lived, there were always those truly "human" moments that anyone can connect to.
Honest memoir
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 14 years ago
A common pornography reads like a dairy. It's a collection of short essays about his life. I was moved by his honesty. Great read.
an uncommon read
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 21 years ago
This is the perfect book to accompany a quiet Friday night spent drinking wine in bed. Or a Sunday morning on the backporch sipping gas station coffee from a styrofoam cup. The stories within are short, tight, and disturbingly honest. The books flows so well, and holds the reader's interest to such an extent, that setting the book down once it is begun seems an impossibility.
A little big book
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
This is the first time I've read Sampsell's work beyond the McSweeney's website, and I found it enormously touching, provocative, sentimental (in a good, just heard Shake It Up on the radio sort of way), and inspiring. I've never enjoyed the memoir genre until I read this book. Pick it up. I guarantee it will haunt you.
Sweet and sour
Published by Thriftbooks.com User , 22 years ago
Each page features a short little episode from the author's childhood. Some very funny stuff happens. Space shuttles, pop star dreams, dirty magazine hiding, first girlfriends with dirty teeth. It's all very poignant and resonant. A well-done work.
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