Davy Rothbart

A collection of personal essays by a man with a knack for stumbling into alcohol- and lust-fueled predicaments. Rothbart (The lone surfer of Montana, Kansas, 2005) is the creator of the fanzine Found Magazine, which features the provocative and poignant notes people leave in coffee shops and on sidewalks. On the evidence of these pieces, his life is similarly haphazard. In "Shade," his pining for a woman who resembles a beloved movie character leads him to a long-distance relationship and a disastrous road trip. In "Tarantula," a one-night stand ends with him in a swimming pool with a dead body. And in "What Are You Wearing?" a random caller becomes a regular phone-sex partner. In small doses, Rothbart's say-yes-to-anything attitude and self-deprecating tone is entertaining and engaging. The best piece, "99 Bottles of Pee on the Wall," tracks his obsession with a scam artist who runs a series of fraudulent literary contests; the slow burn of his outrage--and growing crush on a female author who got taken--is smartly paced, and he's candid about his quixotic pursuit.

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7PM MONDAY, OCTOBER 22 Davy Rothbart: My Heart Is an Idiot NPR's This American Life contributor Davy Rothbart shares his new essay collection, My Heart Is an Idiot.

Rothbart is constantly looking for love in all the wrong places. He falls helplessly in love with pretty much every girl he meets—and rarely is the feeling reciprocated. But even when things don't work out, Rothbart finds meaning and humor in every moment. Whether it's humiliating a scammer who takes money from aspiring writers or playing harmless goofs on his deaf mother, nothing and no one is off-limits.

"THIS BOOK IS F'ING GREAT! Nobody writes quite like Davy Rothbart, because nobody lives quite like Davy Rothbart—a true and funny ragged-hearted seeker of ecstasy, mystery, and human connection. My Heart Is an Idiot contains some of the most perfect and heartbreaking writing that I have ever read." —Elizabeth Gilbert

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Davy Rothbart is the author of the national bestseller Found, and creator of the Found magazine of the same name. A contributor to public radio's This American Life, he is also the author of the story collection The lone surfer of Montana, Kansas. He lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan. More »

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