Works Cited: An Alphabetical Odyssey of Mayhem and Misbehavior (American Lives) - Softcover
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“Doing things by the book” acquires a whole new meaning in Brandon R. Schrand’s memoir of coming of age in spite of himself. The “works cited” are those books that serve as Schrand’s signposts as he goes from life as a hormone-crazed, heavy-metal wannabe in the remotest parts of working-class Idaho to a reasonable facsimile of manhood (with a stop along the way to buy a five-dollar mustard-colored M. C. Hammer suit, so he’ll fit in at college). The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn informs his adolescent angst over the perceived injustice of society’s refusal to openly discuss boners. The Great Gatsby serves as a metaphor for his indulgent and directionless college days spent in a drunken stupor (when he wasn’t feigning interest in Mormonism to attract women). William Kittredge’s Hole in the Sky parallels his own dangerous adulthood slide into alcoholism and denial.
With a finely calibrated wit, a good dose of humility, and a strong supporting cast of literary characters, Schrand manages to chart his own story—about a dreamer thrown out of school as many times as he’s thrown into jail—until he finally sticks his landing.
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About the Author
Brandon R. Schrand is an assistant professor of creative writing at the University of Idaho. His book The Enders Hotel: A Memoir (Nebraska, 2007) was a River Teeth Literary Nonfiction Prize winner and a Barnes & Noble Discover Great New Writers selection.
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*Starred Review* As a poor student often disciplined for misbehavior, Schrand read mostly books that encouraged mayhem, including Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas, by Hunter S. Thompson, and poetry by Jim Morrison, of the Doors. After reading Rock ‘n’ Roll Nights, by Todd Strasser, he thought that being in a rock band was his best hope to escape a life in the mines of Idaho. Then a girl encouraged him to go with her to college in southern Utah, where he discovered more girls, alcohol, drugs, and serious books, such as The Essays of Ralph Waldo Emerson and 1984, by George Orwell. Always in trouble, he read Madame Bovary, by Gustave Flaubert, in jail. After seven years, he earned an English degree and surprised everyone who knew him by applying for graduate school. Often forgiven, Schrand has led an oddly charmed life, which he reveals through 27 essays about the benefits and dangers of reading particular books, which he arranges alphabetically by author. This has strong book-discussion possibilities. --Rick Roche
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