Different Dances 25th Anniversary Edition
by Shel Silverstein
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An adult collection of social satire and sexual politics.Tags
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Entirely brilliant. Subversive, hilarious, filthy, delicious, twisted, disgusting, inspiring, and delightful. How the execrable [b:The Giving Tree|370493|The Giving Tree|Shel Silverstein|http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1174210942s/370493.jpg|30530] could spring from this same pen is beyond me. I suppose even Uncle Shelby had to pay the bills. But this book here is what it's all about, bringing to mind the old Spider Robinson quote - something along the lines of "Funny men make better lovers, they understand pain." I've loved this book forever, and was elated to find a first edition at Powell's the other day. It's just as wonderful as I remember.
Shel is probably better known by most for his drawings and poems that make you laugh. He also had a more serious side in his drawings that would make you laugh at first, but then you stop and THINK! His subject matter runs the gamut of lifes experiences and will make you look at many of them in a new way, quite often being forced to look at many of your own pre-conceived notions about life and to reconsider opinions you've held near and dear.
Ummm. Not to be confused with "Where the sidewalk ends."
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The most popular current writer of humorous verse for children, Shel Silverstein was born in Chicago, Illinois, has been married and divorced, has one daughter, and currently lives in Brooklyn, New York. His career includes composing popular songs, drawing cartoons, writing many adult articles (several for Playboy), and acting. However, he is best show more known for his self-illustrated children's poetry. His first such book was Uncle Shelby's Story of Lafcadio, the Lion Who Shot Back (1963), the humorous tale of a lion who turns the tables on hunters. It was followed by The Giving Tree (1964), a story of a parentlike tree that gives endlessly and is endlessly used by its son. Several other such picture books followed, including The Missing Piece (1976), about a circle that goes in search of a missing piece, and its sequel, The Missing Piece Meets the Big O (1981). However, two collections of poetry are probably his best-loved work: Where the Sidewalk Ends: The Poems and Drawings of Shel Silverstein (1974), and A Light in the Attic (1981). All of Silverstein's poetry for children employs the language play common to Lewis Carroll and Edward Lear. Silverstein is probably the best of the contemporary nonsense poets for children. (Bowker Author Biography) show less
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