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Darryl Ponicsán's path led from a coal mining town in Pennsylvania to a teaching job in upstate New York, to the Navy, and then to a solo drive across the country in a battered TR-3, carrying little more than the manuscript of his first novel, ""The Last Detail."" He rolled into Los Angeles with three gallons of gas in the tank and $95.25 in his pocket. He became a social worker in south central LA just in time to become embroiled in the original Watts riot, the only white man living in a black rooming house within the curfew area. He finished his novel and wrote a second navy novel, ""Cinderella Liberty."" The film versions of both novels opened on the same weekend, making him the hottest writer in Hollywood, though by that time he had already moved out of LA, first to Ojai, then Bainbridge Island, Seattle, Sonoma, and Palm Springs. Where he is now is anyone's guess. At a library used book sale he picked up a copy of Nora Ephron's bestseller, ""I Feel Bad About My Neck."" It inspired him over the next several years to answer her observations from the male point of view and over a different bodily part, and to direct it to Ephron's audience. The result is ""I Feel Bad About My Dick."" Part memoir, part parody, part social analysis, the book deconstructs the battle of the sexes to its primal curiosity: ""You show me yours and I'll show you mine.""

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"""I blush to reveal this title which is a parody of Nora Ephron's 2008 book, I Feel Bad About My Neck. After the death of Ms. Ephron, it was not appropriate to publish a take-off of her book, but twelve years later is the right time. While Nora Ephron's book lamented the age-related problems of the woman, Mr. Ponicsan's book is from an older gentleman's point of view. Broader than that, the book is a collection of the author's random and hilarious thoughts about the movie business, the Watts' riots, and the life of a Hollywood writer. The author has a number of novels and film credits, among them Cinderella Liberty and The Last Detail. As one might suspect, this book is laugh-out-loud funny, particularly for one who knows a bit about movie business hierarchies. Not limited to his screenwriting experiences, however, the author muses on his father's perspectives vis a vis his own, women's unnecessary grooming, his color blindness and its ramifications, and the Women's Day Cookbook (don't we all have them?). This is an enjoyable and frivolous book, and that is this reader's prescription for the current times. This book will make you laugh a little or a lot."" -Julia McMichael, Portland Book Review ""...light-hearted...waxing alternately philosophical and vinegary as he takes us on a trip through Hollywood's movie business, the Watts riots, breakfast cereal, sex and invasive medical procedures. There are engaging digressions into the life of a script doctor, politics, porn, the benign-neglect style of parenting his folks practiced and the beauty of non-attachment. He moves it all along smoothly, never letting truth stand in the way of a good story...If you like charming stories, good writing and a few laughs, ignore the title and buy this book."" -Brady T. Brady, published short stories in the anthology Editor's Choice III Fiction from U.S. Small Press and in the Hawaii Review and the San Francisco Reader, among others. ADVANCE PRAISE FOR ""I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY DICK"" ""I'll tell you this much: it ain't baloney."" -Lucky Lukashunas, Kielbasa King of Schuylkill County ""I give it 5 Bloody Marys."" -Debbie, proprietor Peabody's Saloon ""Ponics�n has a way with words, but I wouldn't put him on the witness stand."" -Bulldog Baddour, lawyer ""Some pretty fresh stuff, right off the boat."" -Tony, Seattle fish monger ""Reminiscent of Gary Hart, but I don't know why."" -Steve Moses, political consultant ""Ponics�n always drinks doubles."" -Susie, bartender, North Bay ""I feel bad about Se�or Darryl."" -Lucia, housekeeper ""This is something I don't want to know about, except for the hair."" -Dylan, hair stylist ""For the movie, I'm thinking Salma Hayek."" -Cee Cee, exotic wife"

ADVANCE PRAISE FOR I FEEL BAD ABOUT MY DICK I'll tell you this much: it ain't baloney. -Lucky Lukashunas, Kielbasa King of Schuylkill County I give it 5 Bloody Marys. -Debbie, proprietor Peabody's Saloon Ponicsan has a way with words, but I wouldn't put him on the witness stand. -Bulldog Baddour, lawyer Some pretty fresh stuff, right off the boat. -Tony, Seattle fish monger Reminiscent of Gary Hart, but I don't know why. -Steve Moses, political consultant Ponicsan always drinks doubles. -Susie, bartender, North Bay I feel bad about Senor Darryl. -Lucia, housekeeper This is something I don't want to know about, except for the hair. -Dylan, hair stylist For the movie, I'm thinking Salma Hayek. -Cee Cee, exotic wife

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Darryl Ponicsán is the author of fourteen novels and an award-winning screenwriter. Born in Shenandoah, Pa., he taught high school English after attending Muhlenberg College and earning an MA at Cornell University. This is his first non-fiction book. Visit the author at: www.darrylponicsan.com

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