Thu January 19, 2017
Book Talk and Signing with Jason Diamond / Searching for John Hughes
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The Booksmith presents Jason Diamond and his hilarious and poignant new memoir, Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from Watching '80s Movies, the story of how a Jewish kid from a broken home in a Chicago suburb—sometimes homeless, always restless—found comfort and connection in the likewise broken lives in the suburban Chicago of John Hughes’ oeuvre.
A writer at heart, Diamond decided early on that it would fall to him to write a biography of his favorite filmmaker. It didn’t matter to him that he had no qualifications, training, background, platform, or direction. Thus went the years-long, delusional, earnest, and assiduous quest to reach his goal. In the meantime, he brewed coffee, guarded cupcake cafes, and built up a respectable writing career. All the while, he watched John Hughes movies religiously. Though his original biography of Hughes has long since been abandoned, Jason has discovered he is a writer through and through, and the adversity of going for broke has now been transformed into wisdom. Or, at least, a really, really good story.
This is a memoir of growing up. One part big dream, one part big failure, one part John Hughes movies, one part Chicago, and one part New York. It’s a story of what comes after the “Go for it!” part of the command to young creatives to pursue their dreams—no matter how absurd they might seem at first.
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“Oh look, it's all my favorite things in one book: Chicago, New York City, punk rock, food, and existential crises. I absolutely adored Jason Diamond's bittersweet, charming and hilarious memoir Searching for John Hughes. It details the longing and struggle of an aspiring writer with clarity, wit, and heart, and is perfect for anybody who grew up in the suburbs and longed for something more.” — Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins and Saint Mazie
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Jason Diamond is a writer and editor from Brooklyn. He is the Sports Editor at Rolling Stone, a columnist at Electric Literature, former Literary Editor at Flavorwire, former Associate Editor at Men’s Journal, and the founding editor of Vol. 1 Brooklyn. He has been published by the New York Times, Paris Review, New York, the Believer, the New Republic, the New York Observer, Tablet, The Rumpus, The Awl, and many other places. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
More Info Here: http://www.booksmith.com/event/jason-diamond-searching-john-hughes
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A writer at heart, Diamond decided early on that it would fall to him to write a biography of his favorite filmmaker. It didn’t matter to him that he had no qualifications, training, background, platform, or direction. Thus went the years-long, delusional, earnest, and assiduous quest to reach his goal. In the meantime, he brewed coffee, guarded cupcake cafes, and built up a respectable writing career. All the while, he watched John Hughes movies religiously. Though his original biography of Hughes has long since been abandoned, Jason has discovered he is a writer through and through, and the adversity of going for broke has now been transformed into wisdom. Or, at least, a really, really good story.
This is a memoir of growing up. One part big dream, one part big failure, one part John Hughes movies, one part Chicago, and one part New York. It’s a story of what comes after the “Go for it!” part of the command to young creatives to pursue their dreams—no matter how absurd they might seem at first.
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“Oh look, it's all my favorite things in one book: Chicago, New York City, punk rock, food, and existential crises. I absolutely adored Jason Diamond's bittersweet, charming and hilarious memoir Searching for John Hughes. It details the longing and struggle of an aspiring writer with clarity, wit, and heart, and is perfect for anybody who grew up in the suburbs and longed for something more.” — Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins and Saint Mazie
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Jason Diamond is a writer and editor from Brooklyn. He is the Sports Editor at Rolling Stone, a columnist at Electric Literature, former Literary Editor at Flavorwire, former Associate Editor at Men’s Journal, and the founding editor of Vol. 1 Brooklyn. He has been published by the New York Times, Paris Review, New York, the Believer, the New Republic, the New York Observer, Tablet, The Rumpus, The Awl, and many other places. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
More Info Here: http://www.booksmith.com/event/jason-diamond-searching-john-hughes
The Booksmith presents Jason Diamond and his hilarious and poignant new memoir, Searching for John Hughes: Or Everything I Thought I Needed to Know about Life I Learned from Watching '80s Movies, the story of how a Jewish kid from a broken home in a Chicago suburb—sometimes homeless, always restless—found comfort and connection in the likewise broken lives in the suburban Chicago of John Hughes’ oeuvre.
A writer at heart, Diamond decided early on that it would fall to him to write a biography of his favorite filmmaker. It didn’t matter to him that he had no qualifications, training, background, platform, or direction. Thus went the years-long, delusional, earnest, and assiduous quest to reach his goal. In the meantime, he brewed coffee, guarded cupcake cafes, and built up a respectable writing career. All the while, he watched John Hughes movies religiously. Though his original biography of Hughes has long since been abandoned, Jason has discovered he is a writer through and through, and the adversity of going for broke has now been transformed into wisdom. Or, at least, a really, really good story.
This is a memoir of growing up. One part big dream, one part big failure, one part John Hughes movies, one part Chicago, and one part New York. It’s a story of what comes after the “Go for it!” part of the command to young creatives to pursue their dreams—no matter how absurd they might seem at first.
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“Oh look, it's all my favorite things in one book: Chicago, New York City, punk rock, food, and existential crises. I absolutely adored Jason Diamond's bittersweet, charming and hilarious memoir Searching for John Hughes. It details the longing and struggle of an aspiring writer with clarity, wit, and heart, and is perfect for anybody who grew up in the suburbs and longed for something more.” — Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins and Saint Mazie
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Jason Diamond is a writer and editor from Brooklyn. He is the Sports Editor at Rolling Stone, a columnist at Electric Literature, former Literary Editor at Flavorwire, former Associate Editor at Men’s Journal, and the founding editor of Vol. 1 Brooklyn. He has been published by the New York Times, Paris Review, New York, the Believer, the New Republic, the New York Observer, Tablet, The Rumpus, The Awl, and many other places. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
More Info Here: http://www.booksmith.com/event/jason-diamond-searching-john-hughes
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A writer at heart, Diamond decided early on that it would fall to him to write a biography of his favorite filmmaker. It didn’t matter to him that he had no qualifications, training, background, platform, or direction. Thus went the years-long, delusional, earnest, and assiduous quest to reach his goal. In the meantime, he brewed coffee, guarded cupcake cafes, and built up a respectable writing career. All the while, he watched John Hughes movies religiously. Though his original biography of Hughes has long since been abandoned, Jason has discovered he is a writer through and through, and the adversity of going for broke has now been transformed into wisdom. Or, at least, a really, really good story.
This is a memoir of growing up. One part big dream, one part big failure, one part John Hughes movies, one part Chicago, and one part New York. It’s a story of what comes after the “Go for it!” part of the command to young creatives to pursue their dreams—no matter how absurd they might seem at first.
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“Oh look, it's all my favorite things in one book: Chicago, New York City, punk rock, food, and existential crises. I absolutely adored Jason Diamond's bittersweet, charming and hilarious memoir Searching for John Hughes. It details the longing and struggle of an aspiring writer with clarity, wit, and heart, and is perfect for anybody who grew up in the suburbs and longed for something more.” — Jami Attenberg, New York Times bestselling author of The Middlesteins and Saint Mazie
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Jason Diamond is a writer and editor from Brooklyn. He is the Sports Editor at Rolling Stone, a columnist at Electric Literature, former Literary Editor at Flavorwire, former Associate Editor at Men’s Journal, and the founding editor of Vol. 1 Brooklyn. He has been published by the New York Times, Paris Review, New York, the Believer, the New Republic, the New York Observer, Tablet, The Rumpus, The Awl, and many other places. He lives in Brooklyn, New York.
More Info Here: http://www.booksmith.com/event/jason-diamond-searching-john-hughes
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