Jason Mulgrew Book Discussion and Signing - "Everything Is Wrong With Me" July 22, 2010

Fans of Jason Mulgrew's wildly popular blog know that everything really is wrong with him. The product of a raucous, not-just-semi-but-fully-dysfunctional Philadelphia family, Jason has seen it all, from Little League games of unspeakable horror to citywide parades ending in stab wounds; from hard-partying longshoremen fathers to feathered-hair, no-nonsense, kindhearted mothers; and from conscience-crippling Catholic dogmas to the equally confounding religion of women.

Join us for a rousing discussion of Jason's misadventures and readings from his new autobiography.

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PRAISE FOR "EVERYTHING IS WRONG WITH ME"

“The somewhat alarming, always interesting world inside Jason’s brain has now been strewn across the pages of a book. Godspeed, reader.” — Steve Hely, author of HOW I BECAME A FAMOUS NOVELIST

“After reading this book, I’m surprised there’s not more wrong with Jason Mulgrew. People who grow up like this tend to become agoraphobics, serial killers, or really funny writers. Mulgrew, I think— hope?—is the last of these three things. His stories of childhood made me laugh out loud. Jason: I did your quote; please don’t murder me.” — Rob McElhenney, star, creator, and producer of IT’S ALWAYS SUNNY IN PHILADELPHIA

“Fitfully funny …” — Kirkus Reviews

“Long ago, before he had failed as an adult, Jason Mulgrew took a nonfiction class from me in college (pass/fail, naturally), and I can still remember, as if it were yesterday, gazing upon his shining visage each morning and thinking to myself, ‘Hey, is that kid drunk?’ It is heartening to have this impression confirmed, these many years later. Now buy this effing book. It’s brilliant.” — Steve Almond, author of CANDYFREAK and MY LIFE IN HEAVY METAL

“[Mulgrew] clearly subscribes to the Sedaris school of memoir writing … [He] is a tremendously entertaining and affable writer …” — Booklist

“Jason Mulgrew’s wild, boozy, joyfully reckless, working-class Philadelphia of the 1980s and 90s doesn’t just come to life; it is the sort of autobiographical landscape that would get up and walk across the country just to punch Lake Wobegone in the face. Few essayists are as bravely–and hilariously–self-revealing and self-abusing.” — John Hodgman, author of THE AREAS OF MY EXPERTISE and MORE INFORMATION THAN YOU REQUIRE

“With high-spirited exaggeration, blogger Mulgrew portrays his youth as a colorful blend of family dysfunctionality and loose neighborhood mores. Drunkenness, divorce, pugilism, gambling, and thievery all play an integral part in Mulgrew’s development….Augusten Burroughs fans will enjoy such wry male humor.” — Library Journal

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