Party Like Its 2044, Joni B. Cole
Party Like Its 2044, Joni B. Cole
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Party Like It's 2044
Finding the Funny in Life and Death

Author: Joni B. Cole

Narrator: Candace Fitzgerald

Unabridged: 8 hr 34 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Publisher: Tantor Media

Published: 11/28/2023

Synopsis

Author Joni B. Cole worries that Vlad the Impaler may be a distant cousin. She feuds with a dead medium. She thinks (or overthinks) about insulting birthday cards, power trips, and the real reason writers hate Amazon. And she wishes, really wishes, all those well-meaning people would stop talking about Guatemala. At once irreverent and thought provoking, Cole's collection is a joy ride through eclectic essays that arrive smack on that sweet spot between soul searching and social commentary, between humor and heft.

About Joni B. Cole

Joni B. Cole teaches creative writing and is a frequent speaker at academic programs, conferences, and social-service organizations across the country. She is the author of seven books, including Good Naked: How to Write More, Write Better, and Be Happier, Revised and Expanded Edition and Toxic Feedback: Helping Writers Survive and Thrive, Revised and Expanded Edition. She is a contributor to The Writer and the host of the podcast Author, Can I Ask You?

Reviews

Goodreads review by Judy on December 05, 2023

Party Like It's 2044 is a terrific book to pick up and read and then put it down after an essay or two to savor, or ponder, however it effects you. A great read for those few minutes before turning out the light for the evening.......more

Goodreads review by Marjorie on September 29, 2023

From the first page of the first essay, Joni B. Cole’s extraordinary new collection of essays had this reader laughing out loud, but as always with her work, these essays offer far more than entertainment. The depth of Cole’s insights and eloquence of her prose elevate these pieces to the status of......more

Goodreads review by Cindy Leiffer on November 15, 2023

This book is a good read. I knew it would be. I met Joni Cole in 2012, when I spent 8 months living in Vermont for a temporary nurse practitioner job. I saw an ad for a Friday night drop-in group called “Prompt and Pino,” which was being offered at a Writer’s Center in the nearby town of White River......more

Goodreads review by Margaret on October 02, 2023

Party Like it’s 2044 is laugh-aloud funny. In this latest essay collection, Cole investigates mundane situations through the eyes of a slightly neurotic, uncomfortable narrator. She draws from a wide range of social scenes featuring her tiny town in Vermont. She shares feeling awkward and frustrated......more

Goodreads review by Maddie on November 26, 2023

The author does a really good job with making the mundane moments of human existence really interesting. There's a great essay about a bathrobe that I legitimately found compelling and didn't even connect that the primary subject matter was about something as common as a bathrobe. I also very much e......more

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