Certifiable

by David McGimpsey

A series of funny, perverse stories about American culture wonders what a teacher of Elvisology does, imagines Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson kissing each other, and ponders the difference between writing for the New Yorker and developing scripts for television's L.A. Law. Original.

Genres: Fiction

167 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 2004

About the author

David has a PhD in English Literature. Writes a regular humour column called "The Self-Esteem Workout" for Matrix. and the "Sandwich of the Month" column for EnRoute magazine. David is a songwriter and musician, and member of the rock band Puggy Hammer. He is the Montreal fiction editor of the e-magazine Joyland and is the fiction editor for the Punchy Writers Series at DC Books. David was named by the CBC as one of the "Top Ten English-Language Poets in Canada". David currently teaches creative writing and literature at Concordia University. excerpts from Li'l Bastard 2011

Reviews

[Sylvain]

Reads like Ellen DeGeneres's second book, which itself sounds like a sentence right out of Certifiable.