Mary Karr

Now Go Out There (eBook, ePUB)

(and Get Curious)

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

A celebration of curiosity, compassion, and the surprising power of fear, based on the New York Times bestselling author and renowned professor's 2015 commencement address at Syracuse University.

Being smart and rich are lucky, but being curious & compassionate will save your ass.

Every year there are one or two commencement speeches that strike a chord with audiences far greater than the student bodies for which they are intended. In 2015 Mary Karr's speech to the graduating class of Syracuse University caught fire, hailed across the Internet as one of the most memorable in recent years, and lighting up the Twittersphere.

In Now Go Out There, Karr explains why having your heart broken is just asif not moreimportant than falling in love; why getting what you want often scares you more than not getting it; how those experiences that appear to be the worst cannot be so easily categorized; and how to cope with the setbacks that inevitably befall all of us. Don't make the mistake of comparing your twisted up insides to other people's blow-dried outsides, she cautions. Even the most privileged person in this stadium suffers the torments of the damned just going about the business of being human.

An idealand beautifully designedgift for a graduate or for anyone looking for some down-to-earth life advice, Now Go Out There is destined to become a classic.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: HarperCollins
• Seitenzahl: 80
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. April 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780062442109
• Artikelnr.: 44127991

Autorenporträt

Mary Karr is the author of three award-winning, bestselling memoirs: The Liars' Club, Cherry, and Lit, as well as The Art of Memoir, also a New York Times bestseller. She received Guggenheim and Radcliffe Fellowships for poetry and is the Peck Professor of Literature at Syracuse University.