First Words

by Spalding Gray, Tom Bodett

Here is a sparkling introduction to the pleasures of the contemporary monologue.



Monster in a box / Spalding Gray --
I remember Mike / Lynda Barry --
Crying / Tom Bodett --
Women who love men who don't pay their parking tickets / Marion Winik --
Only the truth is funny / Rick Reynolds --
3 A essay / Hugh Gallagher --
Covering the southern racial wars / Richard B. Stolley --
Lightning / Kevin Kling --
Dead on the road / Bailey White --
In Nepal / Peter Matthiessen --
The difference / Andrei Codrescu --
Ashley, Ashley / Nora Dunn --
The fever / Wallace Shawn --
Bill for short / Barry Morrow.

Audio Cassette

First published August 1, 1996

About the author

Spalding Gray was an American actor, screenwriter, performance artist, and playwright.