Author: Augusten BurroughsAlso known as: Agusten Burroughs, Augustin Burroughs, Augusten Burroughs, Augustus Burroughs, Augusten Xon Burroughs
Augusten Burroughs has 1 upcoming event | 13 past events. Book Soup: Augusten Burroughs (May 9 at 19:00) When Augusten Burroughs was small, his father was a shadowy presence in his life: a form on the stairs, a cough from the basement, a silent figure smoking a cigarette in the dark. As Augusten grew older, something sinister within his father began to unfurl. Something dark and secretive that could not ... (more)be named. Betrayal after shocking betrayal ensued, and Augusten's childhood was over. The kind of father he wanted didn't exist for him. This father was distant, aloof, uninterested...
And then the "games" began.
With A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs makes a quantum leap into untapped emotional terrain: the radical pendulum swing between love and hate, the unspeakably terrifying relationship between father and son. Told with scorching honesty and penetrating insight, it is a story for anyone who has ever longed for unconditional love from a parent. Though harrowing and brutal, A Wolf at the Table will ultimately leave you buoyed with the profound joy of simply being alive. It's a memoir of stunning psychological cruelty and the redemptive power of hope.
This event will be held at the Fine Arts Theater, 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211 (one block west of La Cienega on Wilshire Blvd.). This is a free event and open to the public. There are no tickets or reservations. First-come, first-serve. Doors at 6:30 PM. Event location: Fine Arts Theater, 8556 Wilshire Blvd., Beverly Hills, CA 90211
Added by claytonhowl. Capitola Book Cafe: Augusten Burroughs (May 11 at 17:30) Augusten Burroughs on tour for A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir. No ticket required. Seating will be limited. Admission may be limited if response is strong! Doors open at 4:30pm.
Added by polarmouse. Books Inc. in the Castro: Augusten Burroughs at Books Inc in the Castro (May 12 at 19:30) augusten burroughs on tour for A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir. New York BestSelling author Augusten Burroughs, will be reading selections from his long awaited new novel, "A WOLF AT THE TABLE: A Memoir of my father" at Books Inc in Castro
In his first full-length memoir since Dry, Augusten Burroughs, now takes readers into the most unexpected recesses of his ... (more)psyche to introduce an imposing shadow that has haunted him for most of his life in A WOLF AT THE TABLE: A Memoir of My Father. Burroughs opens old wounds, exposing the rot and chaos of psychological abuse, cruelty, and abandonment he experienced at the hands of his distant, alcoholic father.
In some of his earliest memories, Augusten recalls excitedly anticipating his father’s arrival home from work as a philosophy professor in Massachusetts. The young Augusten would create art projects to impress his father and even once dressed like a dog to hopefully garner the same affection the family pet received from the man he admits he loved, at least in the beginning. For his efforts, Augusten was often met at the door with utter disregard, disgust, and sometimes even chilling rebukes.
“I was losing against the Arms,” Burroughs writes sadly of his inability to get near enough to his father for a hug. In one moment of desperation, Augusten snuck his father’s clothes from drawers and closets and stuffed them with towels and his own bed sheet to create a headless, footless, scarecrow-like father surrogate. “Tenderly, being mindful not to dislodge the torso from the legs and spoil the illusion, I crawled into bed beside the body, turned on my side and curled against it….It was an acceptable substitute.”
Balancing life with a doting, yet unstable mother, an unpredictable older brother, and his volatile father, Augusten agonized over the menacing thought that he may one day grow up to be just like his dad. Amidst the raucous fights between his parents, the suspicious deaths of his childhood pets, and his own angst and despair, Augusten fantasized about killing his father.
A WOLF AT THE TABLE is the heart-rending memoir of one man’s struggle to rationalize his turbulent childhood. It is an untapped chapter of Augusten Burroughs’ life, through which he, as a child, fumbles through the space between love and hate, adoration and abhorrence, and life and death. This is Burroughs at his most uncompromising and most vulnerable.
Book goes on sale April 29th. We will be giving out tickets that will admit one person per ticket for each book that is sold here AT THIS BOOKS INC. LOCATION ONLY (Market St.). The tickets are numbered, so there will be no need to line up early. People with ticket will receive preferred seating.
About Augusten Burroughs:
Augusten Burroughs is the New York Times Bestselling Author of Possible Side Effects, Magical Thinking, Dry, Running With Scissors, and Sellevision. He lives in New York City and Western Massachusetts.
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Books Inc. is a locally owned and operated independent bookseller with 10 locations in California. Books Inc.’s origin dates back to the Gold Rush Days of 1851 when Anton Roman struck it rich in Shasta City, California and set himself up in business selling books. That small bookstore was moved, bought, sold, burned, rebuilt, renamed and became Books Inc., as we know it today, in 1946.
Today, with 10 Stores and 200 employees, Books Inc. serves as a shining example that independent bookselling can survive and prosper, even if we must dance among the elephants.
This Event is Free at Books Inc. 2275 Market St. San Francisco 94114
For Questions: 415.864.6777 or on the web at www.booksinc.net and
www.myspace.com/booksinccastro
Added by amadeus06. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Chicago - DePaul Center: Augusten Burroughs (May 15 at 12:30) A New Memoir from Augusten Burroughs
When Augusten Burroughs released 2002's Running with Scissors -- his memoir about growing up in the mother of all dysfunctional families -- readers didn't know whether to drop their jaws in horror or hold their stomachs from laughing. Whatever reactions he gets from ... (more)readers, Burroughs's gift for dishing on all things stranger than fiction has made him a bestselling author. Augusten Burroughs continues along these lines with his now book, A Wolf at the Table - which chronicles his relationship and experiences with his Father. A booksigning will follow. Please visit www.augustenburroughs.com for more information on the author.
Location: The Concourse @ DePaul Center
Added by bookjones. Barnes & Noble Booksellers - Skokie - Old Orchard: Augusten Burroughs (May 15 at 19:30) Augusten Burroughs on tour for A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir.
Added by bookjones. Harry W. Schwartz Bookshop - Downer Avenue: Augusten Burroughs (May 17 at 19:00) Augusten Burroughs reads from A Wolf At The Table. Augusten Burroughs returns to Schwartz with his most personal and unexpected memoir yet. In A Wolf at the Table, he explores the radical pendulum swing between love and hate, the unspeakably terrifying relationship between father and son, and a child’s longing for unconditional love. Here is the story ... (more)of Burroughs’s relationship with his father told with honesty and insight; a story of the redemptive power of hope.
Added by illuminatedliterati. Bryant Park Reading Room: Word for Word Author Series: Augusten Burroughs (May 21 at 12:30) Augusten Burroughs reads from A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father. Meet Augusten Burroughs as he reads from his new memoir, ‘A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir of My Father’. In his first full-length memoir since ‘Dry’, New York Times bestselling author, Augusten Burroughs, now takes readers into the most unexpected recesses of his psyche to introduce an imposing ... (more)shadow that has haunted him for most of his life. Fans of Augusten’s previous books won’t want to miss the chance to get up-close-and-personal with the author.
The event is FREE and open to the public. For updates and additional information, please visit our website at www.bryantpark.org. The Bryant Park Reading Room located on the 42nd Street side of the park - under the trees - between the back of the NYPL & 6th Avenue. Look for the burgundy and white umbrellas. Rain Venue: Barnes & Noble Booksellers at 555 Fifth Avenue & 46th Street - 212-697-3048
Added by Books212. Bryant Park Word for Word Author Series: Augusten Burroughs (May 21 at 12:30) Augusten Burroughs reads from A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir. In his first full-length memoir since Dry, New York Times bestselling author, Augusten Burroughs, now takes readers into the most unexpected recesses of his psyche to introduce an imposing shadow that has haunted him for most of his life. Fans of Augusten's previous books won't want to miss the chance ... (more)to get up-close-and-personal with the author.
Added by tokyojupiter. Waterstone's Piccadilly: An evening with Augusten Burroughs (May 22 at 18:30) Augusten Burroughs discusses A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir. Tickets £3, redeemable against the purchase of the book on the evening. For further details call 020 7851 2400.
Added by MonkeyRobo. Brighton Festival: Augusten Burroughs (May 25 at 17:00) Augusten Burroughs discusses A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir. £7.50
Augusten Burroughs' best-selling memoir Running with Scissors redefined a genre with its left-field take on a childhood in freefall. Hilarious, sardonic and relentlessly eccentric, it thrust its creator into celebrity orbit, dominating the bestseller charts for four years and spawning the big-screen ... (more)treatment c/o Paltrow, Benning, Baldwin and co. His latest off beat exposé A Wolf at the Table explores his troubled relationship with his philosopher father. A rare UK visit from a bona fide US maverick! Event location: Pavilion Theatre
Printers Row Book Fair: Augusten Burroughs (June 8 at 13:30) Augusten Burroughs discusses A Wolf at the Table: A Memoir. Event location: Harold Washington Library Center, 400 S. State Street, Pritzker Auditorium
Interested: negativepants6 Added by lilithcat. Food for Thought Books: Augusten Burroughs (June 26 at 19:00) Augusten Burroughs reads from A Wolf at the Table. "With A Wolf at the Table, Augusten Burroughs makes a quantum leap into untapped emotional terrain: the radical pendulum swing between love and hate, the unspeakably terrifying relationship between father and son. Told with scorching honesty and penetrating insight, it is a story for anyone who ... (more)has ever longed for unconditional love from a parent. Though harrowing and brutal, A Wolf at the Table will ultimately leave you buoyed with the profound joy of simply being alive. It's a memoir of stunning psychological cruelty and the redemptive power of hope."
Added by christiguc. Broadside Bookshop: Augusten Burroughs Reads from His New New Memoir (July 1 at 19:00) Augusten Burroughs will read from A Wolf at the Table, his newly-published memoir about his father.
Added by booksense. Shearer's Bookshop: Augusten Burroughs (August 27 at 19:15) Augusten Burroughs is the bestselling author of 'Possible Side Effects', 'Magical Thinking', 'Dry', 'Running with Scissors', and 'Sellevision'. His new memoir 'A Wolf at the Table', is written with brutal honesty and psychologically penetrating insight.
Please call Shearer's on 9572 7766 to book. Event location: Palace Norton St Cinema
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