Corrections to My Memoirs: Collected Stories

From the author of A Thousand Benjamins and The Locklear Letters comes an irreverent and hilarious collection of short stories.There are the lives we lead. And the lives we wish we led.The difference between the two is the dilemma that the offbeat characters in Corrections to My Memoirs seek to resolve. From the fabrications of the misguided autobiographer in the title story to the unusual encounter of the narrator in “The Last Chance Texaco,” these are people slowly learning the truth about the world. They are discovering that the line between fantasy and reality is as thin as a white lie, and that reality can’t be altered because we wish it so. With a style that is both humorous and heartbreaking, Kun reveals the hidden side of human existence and shows us that the difference between what is perceived and what is real is often more significant than we’d like to admit.

Literature & Fiction

Kun, Michael

Short Stories & Anthologies

Anchor Canada

Emotionally numb after the break-up of a twenty-year-long marriage, Benjamin finds a second chance with Kim, who is eighteen years younger than he is

A Thousand Benjamins (Mansell Islamic Studies)

United States

Atlantic Monthly Press

"Readers aching for a combination of the '80s and a romance like Rainbow Rowell's Eleanor &amp; Park will be stoked." ―Booklist
It's the summer of 1982, and for Scott and Cath, everything is about to change. 
Growing up across the street from each other, Scott and Cath have been best friends for most of their lives. Now they've graduated high school, and Cath is off to college while Scott stays at home trying to get his band off the ground. Neither of them realized that their first year after high school would be so hard. 
Fortunately, Scott and Cath still have each other, and it's through their letters that they survive heartache, annoying roommates, family dramas, and the pressure of figuring out what to do with the rest of their lives. And through it all, they realize that the only person they've ever wanted to turn to is each other. But does that mean they should think about being more than friends? One thing is clear, Change is an inescapable part of growing up, and we share unbreakable bonds with the friends who help us navigate it. 
This funny, extraordinary, and deeply moving book―set to an awesome '80s soundtrack―captures all the beautiful confusion and emotional intensity we find on the verge of adulthood...and first love.
We Are Still Tornadoes by Michael Kun and Susan Mullen is not to be missed!
Praise for We Are Still Tornadoes:
**A Buzzfeed Must-Read Book of Fall** **A Teen Vogue Best Book of the Month** **A Goodreads Best YA Book of the Month** **A Bustle.com Best Book of the Month** **A Popsugar Best Book of November** "A love story to best friends everywhere. Smart, charming, and delightful." ― Kirkus Reviews “Sweet and heartfelt, this is one contemporary YA fans won’t want to miss.” ―Buzzfeed "Sweet, funny, &amp; heartfelt!" ― Susan Elizabeth Phillips, New York Times Bestselling Author

We Are Still Tornadoes: A Novel

Mullen, Susan

Children's Books

St. Martin's: Griffin

Michael Kun Pulitzer Prize-nominated author and Howard Bloom former newspaper reporter and columnist explain that, contrary to popular belief, a walk is not always as good as a hit. They argue that it’s not always wrong to root against the home team. They contend that the Houston Astros’ jerseys were not the ugliest jerseys ever worn in the major leagues. They rail against the common misconception that Tinkers-to-Evers-to-Chance was a great double play combination. They insist that Shoeless Joe Jackson did not bat right-handed, he did not go barefoot, and he did not refuse to accept money to throw the World Series. They heap scorn upon those who believe Joe DiMaggio was ever The Greatest Living Baseball Player.” And they offer a sound rebuke to anyone who thinks a baseball book can’t be smart, funny and informative all at the same time. The Baseball Uncyclopedia is a witty and irreverent guide that debunks some of the mythology, opinions and widely held beliefs about baseball that fans have clung to for generations.

The Baseball Uncyclopedia: A Highly Opinionated, Myth-Busting Guide to the Great American Game

Reference

BLOOM, HOWARD

Encyclopedias & Subject Guides

Clerisy Press, Emmis Books

After twenty years of marriage, Marry Jude has had enough of Benjamin. "A thousand Benjamins couldn’t make me happy," she says. Lost in the numbness of habit and the undertow of memories, Benjamin meets Kim, a woman eighteen years his junior who bears a sadness in her green eyes that is connected to a scar that runs from the base of her throat to her ribs. Slowly, these two people, who for entirely different reasons believe themselves beyond repair, begin to admit that this might actually be the time of their lives.

A Thousand Benjamins

Lawson Library

A young Baltimore lawyer is thrown into an ugly divorce proceeding and finds himself befriending his client, the charming and generous Sam Shoogey. Shoogey is a former war hero, college football star, professional boxer and novelist. Or is he? As more and more of Shoogey's sweet and funny tales unravel, the narrator unexpectedly finds himself drawn even more to Shoogey, posing the question, "Is a lie a lie if you know it's untrue, or is it just a story?" 
Kun again plays with the form and function of the English language to tell a captivating story in a new way with a combination of humor and tragedy. Readers themselves will become characters in the book when they are swept up in fantastical elements that make Kun’s characters so real.

You Poor Monster: or This Should Answer Your Questions, My Son

MACADAM/CAGE.

Software salesman Sid Straw's life begins a downward spiral after he writes a series of letters to Hollywood star Heather Locklear, in hopes of rekindling an acquaintanceship with his former college classmate. Reprint.

The Locklear Letters

Macadam Cage Pub

You Poor Monster

Stories about the lives we lead. And the lives we wish we led.How much of your life is fantasy? That is the question the offbeat characters in this collection seek to answer. From the fabrications of the misguided autobiographer in the title story to the unusual encounter of the narrator in “The Last Chance Texaco,” these are people slowly learning the truth about the world. They are discovering that the line between fantasy and reality is as thin as a white lie, and that reality can’t be altered because we say so. In stories that are both humorous and heartbreaking, Kun reveals the hidden side of human existence and shows us that the difference between what is perceived and what is real is often more significant than we’d like to admit.

Stories about the lives we lead and the lives we wish we led.    How much of your life is fantasy? That is the question the offbeat characters in this story collection seek to answer. From the hilarious fabrications of the misguided autobiographer in the title story to the unusual encounter of the narrator in  The Last Chance Texaco,  these are people slowly learning the truth about the world. They are discovering that the line between fantasy and reality is as thin as a white lie or a drawn curtain.    With a style that is both humorous and heartbreaking, Kun shows us the hidden side of human existence that what we perceive and what is real are often more different than we would like to admit.

Corrections to My Memoirs

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Corrections to My Memoirs: Collected Stories

A Thousand Benjamins (Mansell Islamic Studies)

We Are Still Tornadoes: A Novel

The Baseball Uncyclopedia: A Highly Opinionated, Myth-Busting Guide to the Great American Game

A Thousand Benjamins

You Poor Monster: or This Should Answer Your Questions, My Son

The Locklear Letters

You Poor Monster

Corrections to My Memoirs: Collected Stories

Corrections to My Memoirs