Skyhorse Publishing
The Awkward Phase: The Uplifting Tales of Those Weird Kids You Went to School with
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- Tyler Gillespie
- Skyhorse Publishing
- Paperback
- 9781632203496
- 7.1 X 5 X 0.7 inches
- 0.9 pounds
- Humor > Form - Essays
- English
Secure TransactionBook Description
Back in the 1990s, when slap bracelets and Velcro ruled supreme, two adolescents were stumbling their way through life on gangly limbs. One, Claire Linic, had self-permed her bowl cut, and the other, Tyler Gillespie, had purchased self-tanner, telling the cashier it was for his girlfriend. Now in their twenties and still just a tiny bit awkward, Linic and Gillespie have joined forces to ask the question, If we could talk to our fourteen-year-old selves, what would we tell them now?
Based on the hit Tumblr The Awkward Phase, this book answers that question with personal stories and cringe-worthy photos from seasoned comedians, YouTube stars, and people like the rest of us that cover everything from sweaty-palm moments to bad band photos. In these pages, you'll hear about the moment Shaun Sperling realized he was gay at a Richard Simmons's workout studio, how Bente Engelstoft made her own bra out of her dad's old underwear, and why even though Robert Bacon's awkward phase was mortifying, it was the beginning of his new, happier life.
Ultimately, The Awkward Phase encourages us to laugh and celebrate the moments that have helped shape who we are. As Gillespie and Linic say, Everyone is in on the joke. You don't have to eat your lunch alone in the bathroom stall. You can sit with us.
Author Bio
I’m Tyler Gillespie, and I've taught college writing courses since 2015. I'm currently an instructor in the Department of Writing & Rhetoric at the University of Mississippi. I teach the first-year writing sequence in FASTrack, a cohort-based program geared toward first generation and out-of-state students.
My scholarship focuses on first-year composition, queer rhetorics, and rhetorical practices. I'm also a poet, humor writer, and award-winning journalist published in the New Yorker, Rolling Stone, The Guardian, GQ, VICE, and Salon. My books include The Thing about Florida: Exploring a Misunderstood State (UPF, 2021) and Florida Man:Poems (Red Flag Poetry, 2018). My full writing portfolio can be found at TylerMTG.com.
I hold an MFA in Creative Writing and an MA in Journalism & Media Studies. I'm currently a PhD student in the English: Writing, Rhetoric, & Technical Communication program at the University of Memphis.
This site serves as my teaching/research portfolio and as part of my Facutly Annual Review for the University of Mississippi. The Service page documents my work in the university community, and the Teaching pages contain my teaching philosophy, description of courses taught, memo documenting my teaching observations, and excerpts from student evaluations.
Source: tylergillespie.com
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