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A compelling coming-of-age tale infused with southern charm, The Bohemian Love Diaries chronicles Slash Coleman’s upbringing in a warped but loving household of eccentric artists. Descended from a posse of off-beat immigrants—including a grandfather who danced at the Moulin Rouge—and raised in the capital of the Confederacy during the ’70s and ’80s, young Slash sets out to find true love while remaining true to his creative spirit. Unfortunately, he’s his own worst enemy. Obsessions with Evel Knievel, the rock band KISS, and a complex addiction to traveling the globe to find the girl of his dreams set him and his quest for happiness on a hapless course. Alternately hilarious and profound, Coleman, a brilliant young artist, comes to terms with his father—a genius sculptor and volatile alcoholic—and his mother, a Holocaust survivor who makes her son promise never to reveal that he’s Jewish. What emerges is a tender and moving portrait of a man whose passionate spirit refuses to be suppressed. A swift kick to the funny bone, The Bohemian Love Diaries and its laugh-out-loud perversity conjure Jonathan Ames and Augusten Burroughs with a cutting edge that will make you think that Slash was raised in Chuck Palahniuk’s attic by John Hodgman. It will leave you howling.

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Slash Coleman is an award-winning storyteller and personal perspectives blogger for Psychology Today. A regular Storytelling magazine contributor and performer on the national storytelling circuit, he appeared most recently on the NPR series How Artists Make Money. He lives in New York City, hosts the Slash Wednesday show, and is creating The New American Storyteller for PBS.
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Slash Coleman does justice to his subject—and then some ... by turns darkly comic, side-splittingly funny, and poignant. (New York Journal of Books)

Coleman exhibits flashes of humor and thoughtful introspection. Passages analyzing his mother’s reasons for hiding her Jewish identity prove especially moving. ... An entertaining examination of the plight of an artist’s progeny. (Kirkus Reviews)

Slash Coleman has de-gentrified my soul. (Gary Shteyngart, New York Times–bestselling author of Super Sad True Love Story)

Slash Coleman has a fresh point of view, an original story, and tons of style. The Bohemian Love Diaries is a fun, raucous read by a fantastic storyteller. (Mishna Wolff, bestselling author of I'm Down)

Coleman comes alive on the page in this memoir about the bizarre and beautiful life of a free spirit and artist who navigates through life with his heart. It’s easy to fall in love with him as a reader, and I can’t decide if I wished I was on the journey with him or if I’m completely content to simply read about it and enjoy the laugh. One thing is for sure, Evel Knievel would be proud. (Ophira Eisenberg, host of NPR's Ask Me Another and author of Screw Everyone)

Slash’s endearing and idiosyncratic memoir feels wonderfully intimate, like he’s whispering his life’s greatest and most heartbreaking moments right into your ear. A lively, wonderful read. (Mara Altman, author of Thanks for Coming)

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  • PublisherUNKNO
  • Publication date2016
  • ISBN 10 0762787899
  • ISBN 13 9780762787890
  • BindingPaperback
  • Number of pages304
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