The successful photographer shares his idiosyncratic vision of life in America by combining his evocative images with the musings of two great writers.
Ian Frazier Books
January 1, 1951
Ian Frazier is an American writer and humorist renowned for his keen observational skills and witty prose. His work often delves into the American landscape and culture, exploring the nuances of life with a sharp and perceptive eye. Frazier's distinctive approach to writing finds humor and profound insight in the everyday, offering readers a fresh and engaging perspective on the world around them.
Raw account of modern day Oglala Sioux who now live on the Pine Ridge Indian reservation.
Structured as a daybook of sorts, with the Cursing Mommy--beleaguered wife of Larry and mother of two boys, twelve and nine--trying (more or less) valiantly to offer tips on how to do various tasks around the home, only to end up on the ground, cursing, surrounded by broken glass. Her voice is somewhere between Phyllis Diller's and Sylvia Plath's: a hilariously desperate housewife with a taste for swearing and large glasses of red wine, who speaks to the frustrations of everyday life
Coyote v. Acme
- 117 pages
- 5 hours of reading
When Ian Frazier's first collection of humorous essays, Dating Your Mom, was published in 1986, Time's reviewer Paul Gray called it "hilarious" and warned readers to" read sparingly... By 1996 another collection may appear." And he was rights. Frazier's new collection, Coyote v. Acme, includes twenty-two more side-splitting glimpses into some of the more oddball corners of the American mind. The title essay imagines the opening statement of an attorney for cartoon character Wile E. Coyote in a product liability suit against the Acme Company, supplier of unpredictable rocket sleds and faulty spring-powered shoes. Other essays are about the golfing career of comedian Bob Hope, a commencement address given by a Satanist college president, a suburban short story attacked by Germans, the problem of issues versus non-issues, and the theories of revolutionary stand-up comedy from Comrade Stalin.
Verslag van reizen door het middenwesten van de Verenigde Staten aangevuld met wetenswaardigheden over de geschiedenis daarvan.