Barry yourgrau biography

  • Writer-performer Barry Yourgrau is the author of books of surreal, funny, intensely short stories, including A Man Jumps Out of An Airplane, Wearing Dad's Head.
  • Barry Yourgrau is a writer and performance artist.
  • Writer-performer Barry Yourgrau is the author of several books of surreal, funny, intensely short stories, as well as a memoir and anti-kids' stories for.

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    Yourgrau, Barry

    PERSONAL:

    Born in South Africa. Hobbies and other interests: Old-school Latin music, world soccer, gangster films in many cultures.

    ADDRESSES:

    Home and office—New York, NY. Agent—Ellen Levine, Trident Media Group, 41 Madison Ave., 36th Fl., New York, NY E-mail—[email&#;protected].

    CAREER:

    Performance artist, commentator, actor, and writer. Has appeared on National Public Radio and on MTV. Actor, appearing in films Fatman and Littleboy, Don't Look under the Bed, and Terminal Justice.

    AWARDS, HONORS:

    Drama-Logue Award for Wearing Dad's Head.

    WRITINGS:

    FOR ADULTS

    A Man Jumps out of an Airplane: Stories, SUN (New York, NY),

    Wearing Dad's Head, Peregrine Smith Books (Salt Lake City, UT),

    The Sadness of Sex, Delta Trade Paperbacks (New York, NY),

    Haunted Traveller: An Imaginary Memoir, Arcade Publishing (New York, NY),

    FOR CHILDREN

    My Curious Uncle Dudley, illustrated by Tony Auth, Candlewick Press (Cambridge, MA),

    Nastybook,

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    &#;I can never remember my dreams so Mr. Yourgrau&#;s stories are a pretty good substitute.&#;— David Byrne

    Writer-performer Barry Yourgrau is the author of books of surreal, funny, intensely short stories, including A Man Jumps Out of An Airplane, Wearing Dad’s Head, Haunted Traveller, and The Sadness of Sex, a B&N &#;Discover Great New Writers&#; pick, in whose film utgåva he starred.

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    Description for Mess: One Man´s Struggle to Clean Up His House and His ActPaperback. Hilarious and poignant, a glimpse into the mind of someone who is both a sufferer from and an investigator of clutter. Num Pages: pages. BIC Classification: BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: x .

    Millions of people struggle with severe clutter and hoarding. Barry Yourgrau is one of them. Behind the door of his apartment, Yourgrau’s life is chaos. Confronted by his exasperated girlfriend, he embarks on a heartfelt, wide-ranging and too often uproarious project to take control of his apartment and life, and to explore the world of extreme hoarding.

    Encountering a professional declutterer, a Lacanian shrink and Clutterers Anonymous—not to mention Britain’s most excessive hoarder—as well as explorations of the bewildering universe of new therapies and brain science, Yourgrau navigates

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