The Great Indoorsman: Essays

Awards:   Commended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Humor) 2022
Author:   Andrew Farkas
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
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9781496230515


Pages:   174
Publication Date:   01 March 2022
Format:   Paperback
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  • Commended for Foreword INDIES Book of the Year Awards (Humor) 2022

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Author:   Andrew Farkas
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
ISBN:  

9781496230515


ISBN 10:   1496230515
Pages:   174
Publication Date:   01 March 2022
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Manufactured on demand   Availability explained
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Table of Contents

The Great Indoorsman Wait Here? A Filk Tale Pool Hall Legend Somewhere Better Than This Place A Front or Affront Kitchen Sink Realism Time Stands Still When You’re Havin’ Fun On Drinking the Kool-Aid in a Coffeehouse Still Life with Alarm Clocks Everything You Were Looking For An Essay About Nothing When Hamburger Station Is Busy Last Year at Chapel Hill Mall Bowl-a-Rama Noir Girl Acknowledgements

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"""Ironic, joking, thoughtful, nostalgic, and moving, these lyric essays, reflections, lighthearted arguments, and odes meditate playfully on the peculiar human environments we discover indoors.""—Hugh Sheehy, Full Stop ""The Great Indoorsman is the work of a true craftsperson and the phrasing and structure feels akin to architecture, all lines, angles and inspired thinking, leavened with a pop culture and extended cultural knowingness that left me smiling and nodding my head throughout.""—Ben Tanzer, litreactor.com “Absurdist and absurdly amusing, Andrew Farkas takes readers on a sublime tour through dive bars and coffeehouses, dilapidated movie theaters and dying malls. A doctor of knowledge, erudite but humble, Farkas creates an enchanting yet down-to-earth collection perfect for indoors, outdoors, or anywhere in between.”—Kathleen Rooney, author of Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey “Andrew Farkas, the master renovator in these crafted and crafty essays, is the ultimate interior decorator of all things turned inside out. Here the reflections reflect infinite rooms where we are, at once, lost and found, found and lost with-in hallways of infinite with-in-ings.”—Michael Martone, editor of The Complete Writings of Art Smith, the Bird Boy of Fort Wayne “Throughout this deliriously inventive collection, Andrew Farkas operates like a 1930s Rube Goldberg cartoon jalopy, nimbly galumphing through mundane worlds—a waiting room, a hamburger joint, Tuscaloosa. The elevated performance is grounded by a sincere, persistent question: Where is home?”—David Giffels, author of Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America"


Ironic, joking, thoughtful, nostalgic, and moving, these lyric essays, reflections, lighthearted arguments, and odes meditate playfully on the peculiar human environments we discover indoors. -Hugh Sheehy, Full Stop The Great Indoorsman is the work of a true craftsperson and the phrasing and structure feels akin to architecture, all lines, angles and inspired thinking, leavened with a pop culture and extended cultural knowingness that left me smiling and nodding my head throughout. -Ben Tanzer, litreactor.com Absurdist and absurdly amusing, Andrew Farkas takes readers on a sublime tour through dive bars and coffeehouses, dilapidated movie theaters and dying malls. A doctor of knowledge, erudite but humble, Farkas creates an enchanting yet down-to-earth collection perfect for indoors, outdoors, or anywhere in between. -Kathleen Rooney, author of Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey Andrew Farkas, the master renovator in these crafted and crafty essays, is the ultimate interior decorator of all things turned inside out. Here the reflections reflect infinite rooms where we are, at once, lost and found, found and lost with-in hallways of infinite with-in-ings. -Michael Martone, editor of The Complete Writings of Art Smith, the Bird Boy of Fort Wayne Throughout this deliriously inventive collection, Andrew Farkas operates like a 1930s Rube Goldberg cartoon jalopy, nimbly galumphing through mundane worlds-a waiting room, a hamburger joint, Tuscaloosa. The elevated performance is grounded by a sincere, persistent question: Where is home? -David Giffels, author of Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America


Absurdist and absurdly amusing, Andrew Farkas takes readers on a sublime tour through dive bars and coffeehouses, dilapidated movie theaters and dying malls. A doctor of knowledge, erudite but humble, Farkas creates an enchanting yet down-to-earth collection perfect for indoors, outdoors, or anywhere in between. -Kathleen Rooney, author of Cher Ami and Major Whittlesey Andrew Farkas, the master renovator in these crafted and crafty essays, is the ultimate interior decorator of all things turned inside out. Here the reflections reflect infinite rooms where we are, at once, lost and found, found and lost with-in hallways of infinite with-in-ings. -Michael Martone, editor of The Complete Writings of Art Smith, the Bird Boy of Fort Wayne Throughout this deliriously inventive collection, Andrew Farkas operates like a 1930s Rube Goldberg cartoon jalopy, nimbly galumphing through mundane worlds-a waiting room, a hamburger joint, Tuscaloosa. The elevated performance is grounded by a sincere, persistent question: Where is home? -David Giffels, author of Barnstorming Ohio: To Understand America


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Andrew Farkas is an assistant professor of English at Washburn University. He is the author of The Big Red Herring, Sunsphere, and Self-Titled Debut.  

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