Come join literary provocateur Lisa Carver on a hilarious, poignant search for truth and meaning at the end of the "American Century." With the sam...
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Jan 13, 2010
Mark
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The mighty Lisa of Rollerderby zine fame and the punk band Suckdog makes me smile in the same way the Vaselines made Kurt Cobain smile; she writes an unapologetic, distinctly feminine and overwhelmingly happy book of essays about growing up in the 1970s and, as she puts it, unabashedly "liking stuff," whether it is trashy and tacky or just underappreciated. She shops at K-Mart, reads trashy novels, idolizes Anna Nicole Smith and Olivia Newton John, and can find virtue in many things mo
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Apr 24, 2008
Jimmie
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Lisa Carver makes me want to be white trash. Not that self-consciously ironic hipster trash that spends $120 on Melrose for a deliberately garish t-shirt you could buy for $3 at Goodwill. No, the kind of trash she celebrates in her book: the gum-popping, Tonya-Harding-and-Anna-Nicole-Smith-lovin', K-Mart-shopping, romance-novel-devouring kind of trash. But then again, wanting to be that kind of trash would make me the self-conscious ironic kind of trash. So nevermind. But the book is funny
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Aug 22, 2011
Jayne
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Lisa 'Suckdog' Carver is the crazy antidote to Gen X apathy. She is excited by, and loves, everything, up to and including pap smears and Russian politicians. This very slight tome is a selection of writings from her zine 'Rollerderby' (nothing to do with the sport, more her crazy love of all things late 70's/80's). She may have made some very questionable life choices - shacking up and having a baby with a guy who has an - ahem - unhealthy obsession with the losing side of World War II - but t
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Apr 09, 2008
Janice
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before reading:
i really wanted to read "drugs are nice," also by lisa carver, but the library didn't have it. so i checked this one out instead, although i don't really know what it's about... starting it now so we'll see how it goes!
after reading
well, i still don't really know what this book was about...mostly about the weird sexual fantasies she had growing up from the age of 12 and up. but there were also some cute anecdotes and the whole book was funny. it w More...
i really wanted to read "drugs are nice," also by lisa carver, but the library didn't have it. so i checked this one out instead, although i don't really know what it's about... starting it now so we'll see how it goes!
after reading
well, i still don't really know what this book was about...mostly about the weird sexual fantasies she had growing up from the age of 12 and up. but there were also some cute anecdotes and the whole book was funny. it w More...
Jul 25, 2010
Bethtub
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Really not politically correct at moments, but given the context of the book as from 'white trash' roots, it's not surprising. So refreshing in the 'what's with all the acting like yer poop don't smell?' attitude.
May 15, 2010
shannon
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decided to revisit this one, and lucked into a horrendous enough series subway experiences to complete it in a day. i didn't find it as funny OR as frustrating as i did when i was 20.
Dec 16, 2009
Camille
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well, there's the "Manifest Destiny of Anna Nicole Smith"...then the hilarious revelation of a pubescent fantasy of being attacked by a horny bear (you know, the old warning about camping on your period)...her suggestion that if you think you're a loser cause you're not even good at your vacuuming job because you get distracted by the lusty dreamy thoughts in your head...do what she did, say fuck it and write a book about it.
Nov 14, 2008
Schizophelia
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I give this book only to women that I love. It is so funny and intelligently written without a trace of ego. The influence that Lisa Carver has had on me and my life is unfathomable. Truly, one of the few people in the world who doesn't seem to have a cynical bone in her narrative body. In world where taking ourselves seriously has become a means to social survival, this woman is welcome breath of fresh air.
May 07, 2008
jainabee
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The editor/publisher screwed this one up. Why publish LCC unless you want it raw and juicy, with shards?
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