Josh Kilmer-Purcell





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Josh Kilmer-Purcell

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Josh Kilmer-Purcell is the New York Times best-selling author of I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir (Harper Perennial 2006), The Bucolic Plague: How Two Manhattanites Became Gentlemen Farmers (Harper 2010), and the novel Candy Everybody Wants (Harper Perennial 2008). He and his partner, Brent Ridge, are also the stars of Planet Green's The Fabulous Beekman Boys. Kilmer-Purcell writes a monthly column for OUT magazine, and contributes to NPR and numerous other publications. He and his partner divide their time between Manhattan and their goat farm in upstate New York, Beekman 1802.


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There’s too much talk of Bridezillas these days. Wedding days, and even the days of planning leading up to it, should be memorable. Instead of dwelling on negative behavior, we want to think about the beautiful outcomes.


While perusing the BHLDN website for wedding ideas, we came across these simple and elegant vases that can be used to hold candles, flowers, pens etc. Perfect for a country af...

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Average rating: 3.95 · 8,695 ratings · 1,301 reviews · 7 distinct works · Similar authors
I Am Not Myself These Days:...
3.94 of 5 stars 3.94 avg rating — 5,431 ratings — published 2006 — 14 editions
The Bucolic Plague: How Two...
4.06 of 5 stars 4.06 avg rating — 2,732 ratings — published 2010 — 9 editions
Candy Everybody Wants
3.42 of 5 stars 3.42 avg rating — 428 ratings — published 2008 — 9 editions
I Am Not Myself These Days
4.0 of 5 stars 4.00 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2008
I Am Not Myself These Days
0.0 of 5 stars 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2008
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3.83 of 5 stars 3.83 avg rating — 109 ratings — published 2011 — 2 editions
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Angelology by Danielle Trussoni
Completely out of my usual genres, but since it was written by my friend Danielle (who wrote the fantastic "Falling Through The Earth") I grabbed it. So good I may have to add a new genre to my shelves. What an amazing writer.
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“I try to make myself realize that I have learned the difference between right and wrong. That there is such a thing as right and wrong. But instead I've learned that these are things - this "right", this "wrong"- these are things that we are told. Simply told to believe. These are things we have not tested. And while most of the things we are told may be true, it is not until we have tested them, taunted them, flaunted them, that we truly know they are right. Or wrong. Or true. Or false. Or somewhere in-the-fucking-between. And I think I know now a little better which is which. And I also know I'll never quit testing this world. I'll never rely on common knowledge. Or common denominators. Or even common sense, for that matter.”
Josh Kilmer-Purcell, I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir

“And sometimes the show can't go on.”
Josh Kilmer-Purcell, I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir

“I am not an alcoholic. I'm a social catalyst. People pay me to illustrate for other partygoers the chemical process involved in transforming from one persona into another drunker, more fun one. It's a matter of going from dull point A to exciting point B. And I'm a raving success at it. So successful that sometimes I wind up at Mysterious Point C.”
Josh Kilmer-Purcell, I Am Not Myself These Days: A Memoir

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