Title:
Escape into meaning : essays on Superman, public benches, and other obsessions
Author:
Edition:
First Atria Books hardcover edition.
Publication Date:
2022
Publication Information:
New York : Atria Books, 2022.
©2022
Physical Description:
251 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
ISBN:
9781982163952
9781982163969
Abstract:
"Escape Into Meaning is the debut essay collection by the creator of the highly addictive, deeply informative, always unconventional Nerdwriter channel, which has 3 million subscribers on YouTube. In this debut collection of eleven incisive, engaging, and humorous essays, readers are immersed in a fascinating and multifaceted montage of subjects--from the origins of Superman to the future of the city of Venice to the life of Ralph Waldo Emerson to the oeuvre of Quentin Tarantino"-- Provided by publisher.
General Note:
"Evan Puschak creator of The Nerdwriter"--Title page.
Contents:
Emerson's magic -- I think the internet wants to be my mind -- The comforts of cyberpunk -- When experts disagree -- Ode to public benches -- Thinking in oeuvres -- Superman is Clark Kent -- Jerry Seinfeld's intangibles -- On friendship -- Write a book.
Genre:
Language:
English
