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Padgett, Ron

 
9781566894555: How to Be Perfect: An Illustrated Guide
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ISBN 10: 1566894557 ISBN 13: 9781566894555
Verlag: Coffee House Press, 2016

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Human perfection, attainable in 99 easy steps in this quirky illustrated version of Padgett's most beloved poem, now in a stand alone edition.

“Make eye contact with a tree.” “Do not practice cannibalism.” “Wear comfortable shoes." “Sing, every once in a while.” “In later life, become a mystic.” Offbeat, warm, and funny, Ron Padgett's prescriptions for human perfection springs to life in Jason Novak's cartoons—a delightful match-up of sensibilities. And remember: "Don’t give advice."

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Ron Padgett's How Long was a Pulitzer Prize finalist in poetry and his Collected Poems won the William Carlos Williams Award from the Poetry Society of America and the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for the best poetry book of 2013. His work has been translated into eighteen languages.

Jason Novak is an cartoonist whose work has appeared in the New Yorker the Paris Review and the Believer among other places. He lives in Oakland.

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How to be Perfect

An Illustrated Guide

By RON PADGETT, Jason Novak

COFFEE HOUSE PRESS

Copyright © 2016 Ron Padgett
All rights reserved.
ISBN: 978-1-56689-455-5
CHAPTER 1

GET SOME SLEEP.

DON'T GIVE ADVICE.

TAKE CARE OF YOUR TEETH AND GUMS.

DON'T BE AFRAID OF ANYTHING BEYOND YOUR CONTROL. DON'T BE AFRAID, FOR INSTANCE, THAT THE BUILDING WILL COLLAPSE AS YOU SLEEP, OR THAT SOMEONE YOU LOVE WILL SUDDENLY DROP DEAD.

EAT AN ORANGE EVERY MORNING.

BE FRIENDLY. IT WILL HELP MAKE YOU HAPPY.

RAISE YOUR PULSE RATE TO 120 BEATS PER MINUTE FOR 20 STRAIGHT MINUTES FOUR OR FIVE TIMES A WEEK DOING ANYTHING YOU ENJOY.

HOPE FOR EVERYTHING EXPECT NOTHING.

TAKE CARE OF THINGS CLOSE TO HOME FIRST. STRAIGHTEN UP YOUR ROOM BEFORE YOU SAVE THE WORLD. THEN SAVE THE WORLD.


(Continues...)
Excerpted from How to be Perfect by RON PADGETT, Jason Novak. Copyright © 2016 Ron Padgett. Excerpted by permission of COFFEE HOUSE PRESS.
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Verlag
Coffee House Press
Erscheinungsdatum
2016
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
1566894557
ISBN 13 
9781566894555
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Zeichner
Novak Jason
Anzahl der Seiten
112
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