Love Poems for the Office

Name: Love Poems for the Office
Brand: Penguin Random House
Availability: InStock
Author: John Kenney
ISBN: 9780593293461

Author: John Kenney

Narrator: John Kenney

Unabridged: 50 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Penguin Audio

Published: 12/01/2020

Categories: Nonfiction, Humor, Family & Relationships, Fiction, Poetry

Synopsis

In the spirit of his Love Poems collections, as well as his wildly popular New Yorker pieces, New York Times bestseller and Thurber Prize-winner John Kenney returns with a hilarious new collection of poetry--for office life.

With the same brilliant wit and biting realism that made Love Poems for Married People, Love Poems for People with Children, and Love Poems for Anxious People such hits, John Kenney is back with a brand new collection that tackles the hilarity of life in the office. From waiting in line for the printer and revising spreadsheet after spreadsheet, to lukewarm coffee, office politics, and the daily patterns of your most annoying--and lovable--coworkers, Kenney masterfully captures the warmth and humor of working the "9 to 5" in today's modern era.

About The Author

John Kenney is the New York Times bestselling author of the humorous poetry collections Love Poems for Married People, Love Poems for People with Children, and Love Poems for Anxious People, and the novels Talk to Me and Truth in Advertising, which won the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He has worked for many years as a copywriter. He has also been a contributor to The New Yorker since 1999. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Reviews

Goodreads review by Ruth on January 14, 2021

Not as much fun or relatable as the others in this series, but the “How many hours did you work?” poem had me in stitches. I also enjoyed all the Zoom references!......more

Goodreads review by Michelle on January 08, 2025

Kenney is dry, witty, and spot on as usual. I work in (and have always worked in) an office so I really could relate to many of these. Many, many laughs. And the end one about his mother kind of surprised me in its seriousness, but I liked that one too, altho the ending was curious: I can't seem to g......more

Goodreads review by Richelle on April 14, 2024

This poetry collection was definitely created for the “Office Space, but make it poetic” crowd. Every poem was witty, relatable, and perfectly simple. I guffawed so much reading this book. And, it’s even better if you’re a couple beers in while reading it. If you’re a burnt out office worker wanting......more

Goodreads review by Matthew L on November 05, 2024

Fun little musings about the office. An easy listen for an hour or so......more

Quotes

"Kenney's sweet, funny poems about the banal and everyday—too-true nods to the intimacy of sharing a bed with someone without touching at all, or the nothing-speak of corporate communication—make great presents for spouses, friends, and work wives." —Vanity Fair

“It’s a witty reflection on the humiliations of work before and during the covid-19 pandemic.” –The Washington Post

“A compendium of love poems to the we-never-thought-we’d-miss-it banality of office life—and a few clearly recent additions to our ‘offices’ at home.” –Vanity Fair

“The fourth installment in John Kenney’s bestselling 'Love Poems' series, this ode to office politics in the Zoom-era is spot-on, hilarious, timely, and just brilliant.” –GMA.com

"The third installment in John Kenney’s hilarious trifecta of tongue-in-cheek, laugh-out-loud poems, this New Yorker contributor’s slim book pokes fun at everything we take for granted about #worklife." —Katie Couric Media

“Maybe the release is perfect timing—if readers want to fantasize about falling in love over lukewarm coffee and barely legible spreadsheets.” –Willamette Week