The Chairs Are Where the People Go: How to Live, Work, and Play in the City

Glouberman, Misha; Heti, Sheila

ISBN 10: 0865479453 / ISBN 13: 9780865479456

Published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2011

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Chairs Are Where the People Go: How to Live, Work, and Play in the City
• Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux
• Publication Date: 2011
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0865479453
• ISBN 13: 9780865479456
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

Should neighborhoods change? Is wearing a suit a good way to quit smoking? Why do people think that if you do one thing, you're against something else? Is monogamy a trick? Why isn't making the city more fun for you and your friends a super-noble political goal? Why does a computer last only three years? How often should you see your parents? How should we behave at parties? Is marriage getting easier? What can spam tell us about the world?

Misha Glouberman's friend and collaborator, Sheila Heti, wanted her next book to be a compilation of everything Misha knew. Together, they made a list of subjects. As Misha talked, Sheila typed. He talked about games, relationships, cities, negotiation, improvisation, Casablanca, conferences, and making friends. His subjects ranged from the sublime to the ridiculous. But sometimes what had seemed trivial began to seem important―and what had seemed important began to seem less so.


The Chairs Are Where the People Go is refreshing, appealing, and kind of profound. It's a self-help book for people who don't feel they need help, and a how-to book that urges you to do things you don't really need to do.

About the Authors

Misha Glouberman is a performer, facilitator, and artist who lives in Toronto. She is the author of The Chairs Are Where the People Go: How to Live, Work, and Play in the City.

Sheila Heti is the author of eleven books, including the novels Pure Colour, Motherhood, and How Should a Person Be?, which New York Magazine deemed one of the "New Classics" of the twenty-first century. She was named one of the "New Vanguard" by the New York Times book critics, who, along with a dozen other magazines and newspapers, chose Motherhood as a top book of 2018. Her books have been translated into twenty-four languages. She lives in Toronto.