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The Time of My Life: Writers on the Heartbreak, Hormones, and Debauchery of the Prom
by Rob Spillman

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Publisher Comments:

Remember the ill-fitting tuxes, regrettable dresses, wilting corsages, cheap beer, and rented limos that marked the biggest, most-anticipated celebration of the school year? Remember when the whole world hung in the balance of just one night? Well, lots of your favorite writers do too, and they share the good, the bad, and the embarrassingly ugly in this wonderful compendium of personal reminiscences about prom night.

Rob Spillman has collected the prom memories of Cintra Wilson, Walter Kirn, Steve Almond, Samantha Dunn, Susie Bright, Mike Albo, and many others, capturing the magic, the misery, and the atrocious attire in a hilarious look at the simultaneously sublime and ridiculous event that has become the American right of passage.

Whether prom night is something you fondly remember or long to forget, The Time of My Life will bring it all back, capturing with wit and poignancy precisely what it was like to be young, hormonal, and dressed like a butler or bridesmaid.

Synopsis:

Various authors remember the good, the bad, and the embarrassingly ugly in this compendium of personal reminiscences of prom night. "The Time of My Life" brings back, with wit and poignancy, precisely what it was like to be young, hormonal, and dressed like a butler or bridesmaid.

About the Author

ROB SPILLMAN is editor of the literary magazine Tin House, executive editor of Tin House Books, and the founder of the Tin House Literary Festival, now in its fifth year. His writing has appeared in Vanity Fair, Spin, the New York Times Book Review, Bookforum, and many other publications, and he also writes a literary blog for the Huffington Post. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.

Product Details

ISBN:
9780385521178
Subtitle:
Writers on the Heartbreak, Hormones, and Debauchery of the Prom
Author:
Spillman, Rob
Publisher:
Flying Dolphin Press
Subject:
Essays
Subject:
Proms
Subject:
High school students
Subject:
Form - Anecdotes
Subject:
Students & Student Life
Publication Date:
April 2008
Binding:
Paperback
Language:
English
Pages:
219
Dimensions:
7.98x5.20x.68 in. .63 lbs.