{"product_id":"how-to-be-inappropriate-isbn-9781593762537","title":"How to Be Inappropriate","description":"Dry, offbeat, and mostly profane, this debut collection of humorous nonfiction glorifies all things inappropriate and TMI. A compendia of probing essays, lists, profiles, barstool rants, queries, pedantic footnotes, play scripts, commonplace miscellany, and overly revealing memoir, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Inappropriate\u003c\/i\u003e adds up to the portrait of an artist who bumbles through life obsessed with one thing: extreme impropriety.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Inappropriate\u003c\/i\u003e, Daniel Nester determines the boundary of acceptable behavior by completely disregarding it. As a twenty-something hipster, he looks for love with a Williamsburg abstract painter who has had her feet licked for money. As a teacher, he tries out curse words with Chinese students in ESL classes. Along the way, Nester provides a short cultural history on mooning and attempts to cast a spell on a neighbor who fails to curb his dog. He befriends exiled video game king Todd Rogers, re-imagines a conversation with NPR’s Terry Gross, and invents a robot version of Kiss bassist Gene Simmons.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNo matter which misadventure catches their eye in this eclectic series of essays, \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Inappropriate\u003c\/i\u003e makes readers appreciate that someone else has experienced these embarrassing sides of life, so that they won’t have to.\u003cb\u003eDaniel Nester\u003c\/b\u003e is the author most recently of the memoir \u003ci\u003eShader: 99 Notes on Car Washes, Making Out in Church, Grief, and Other Unlearnable Subjects\u003c\/i\u003e. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eHow to Be Inappropriate\u003c\/i\u003e, a collection of humorous nonfiction, and \u003ci\u003eThe Incredible Sestina Anthology\u003c\/i\u003e, which he edited. His first two books, \u003ci\u003eGod Save My Queen: A Tribute\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGod Save My Queen II: The Show Must Go On\u003c\/i\u003e, are collections on his obsession with the rock band Queen. His third, \u003ci\u003eThe History of My World Tonight\u003c\/i\u003e, is a book of poems.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAs a journalist and essayist, his work has appeared in a variety of places, such as \u003ci\u003eSalon\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBuzzfeed\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Atlantic\u003c\/i\u003e. The former editor of the online journals \u003ci\u003eUnpleasant Event Schedule\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eLa Petite Zine\u003c\/i\u003e as well as \u003ci\u003ePainted Bride Quarterly\u003c\/i\u003e and the sestinas section of \u003ci\u003eMcSweeney’s Internet Tendency\u003c\/i\u003e, he currently edits \u003ci\u003ePine Hills Review\u003c\/i\u003e, the literary journal of The College of Saint Rose, where is also an associate professor of English.","brand":"Soft Skull","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301287284965,"sku":"NP9781593762537","price":16.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781593762537.jpg?v=1767729376","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/how-to-be-inappropriate-isbn-9781593762537","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}