Poe for Your Problems

Uncommon Advice from History's Least Likely Self-Help Guru

Poe for Your Problems
Catherine Baab-Muguira
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Hardback
h180 x 132mm - 256pg
16 Sep 2021 US
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9780762499090
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Of all the writers anywhere, Poe might be the least likely person you' d ever turn to for advice. His life was a complete dumpster fire: he married his cousin; got fired from one job after another; constantly feuded with friends and rivals; and he was always broke. But that' s also precisely the point. Though Poe failed again and again, he also persevered. Drawing deeply on his works and life, Catherine Baab-Muguira takes the familiar image of Poe in a new and surprising direction in this darkly inspiring self-help book. Despite what you might think, Edgar Allan Poe is the perfect person to teach you to say "Nevermore, problems!" and show you how to use all the terrible situations, tough breaks, bad luck, and even your darkest emotions in novel and creative ways to make a name for yourself and carve out your own unique, notorious place in the world. An inspirational tale for black sheep everywhere, Poe for Your Problems will teach you how to overcome life' s biggest challenges to succeed at work, love, and art-despite the odds and no matter your flaws.
"It turns out that the author of The Cask of Amontillado is the perfect therapist for folks who' ve been walled up indoors for 18 months. "--Ron Charles, THE WASHINGTON POST "On the surface, it is something of a self-help satire, mining Poe' s difficult life to make readers feel better about theirs. Scratch that surface, though, and you find a deeper, more profound purpose . . . a book that is witty yet weighty, designed to provide smiles but also a lift. "--The Richmond Times-Dispatch "Imagine The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People--set in a Stephen King novel. This is my favorite self-help book written with a horror backdrop. "--Chris Guillebeau, author of THE ART OF NON-CONFORMITY and THE $100 STARTUP "Beautifully written, funny, clever, and wise . . . Baab-Muguira not only provides us with invaluable takeaways from Poe' s antisocial behavior, but also implores us to embrace our own madness, or as she calls it, our "own weird-ass, occasionally combative truth. ' "--John Reeves, author of A FIRE IN THE WILDERNESS "Books about people' s successes are common. Books where you can learn from someone' s painful demons and failures are rarer--but far more meaningful. Cat' s writing on Poe is insightful, funny and important. "--Ryan Holiday, author of THE OBSTACLE IS THE WAY "Fresh, page-turning, deeply informed and often funny, Catherine Baab-Muguira' s Poe for Your Problems brings us a sorely overdue Poe-meets-modernity perspective that won' t simply make its readers happier but smarter and even saner, too. "--Alan Pell Crawford, author of HOW NOT TO GET RICH: THE FINANCIAL MISADVENTURES OF MARK TWAIN "I loved this! A book Poe himself might' ve written: fun, dangerous, a little dark, semi-autobiographical, ambitious but not pompous, and funny and outrageous!"--Steve Hely, producer of THE OFFICE, 30 ROCK, and VEEP, author of HOW I BECAME A FAMOUS NOVELIST "This is more like an anti-self-help book, a guide to accepting yourself for the substance-abusing, sexually suspect fuckup you already are; a how-to for cultivating grudges, nurturing petty jealousies and vendettas, scheming the destruction of your enemies and indulging delusions of grandeur. I endorse this. "--Tim Kreider, author of I WROTE THIS BOOK BECAUSE I LOVE YOU and WE LEARN NOTHING
Catherine Baab-Muguira is a writer and journalist who has contributed to, among others, Slate, Quartz, CNBC and NBC News. A frequent podcast and radio guest, with appearances on NPR and Lifehacker' s Upgrade, she lives in Richmond, Virginia with her husband and baby son.
Status: Active
ISBN-13: 9780762499090
Published: 16 Sep 2021
Published In: United States
Imprint: Running Press Adult
Publisher: Running Press US
Format: Hardback
Height: 180mm
Width: 132mm
Spine: 22mm
Weight: 300g
Pages: 256

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