Congratulations, the best is over! : essays / R. Eric Thomas.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thomas, R. Eric, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Thomas, R. Eric.

Authors, American--Biography.

Authors, American.

African American gay men--Biography.

African American gay men.

Middle age--Humor.

Middle age.

Baltimore (Md.)--Biography.

Baltimore (Md.).

Maryland--Baltimore.

Genre:

Essays.

Autobiographies.

Humor.

Biographies.

Physical Description:

xvi, 222 pages ; 22 cm

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York : Ballantine Books, [2023]

Summary:

"The beloved bestselling author of Here for It presents a collection of heartening, thoughtful, and laugh-out-loud funny essays about the lifelong search for community and returning home. After going viral "reading" the chaotic political news, having one-too-many awkward social encounters, and coming to terms with his intersecting identities, R. Eric Thomas is ready to live his best life. Or, if not, at least his best-ish life. Now, in this collection of insightful and hilarious essays, Eric finds himself doing things completely out of character, starting with moving back to his perpetually misunderstood hometown of Baltimore. They say you can't go home again, but what if you and home have changed beyond recognition? From attending his twenty-year high school reunion and discovering another person's face on his name badge, to splattering an urgent care room with blood à la The Shining, to being terrorized by a plague of gay frogs who've overtaken his backyard, Eric provides the nitty, and sometimes gritty, details of wrestling with your past life while in the middle of a new one. With wit, heart, and hope for the future, Congratulations, The Best Is Over! is the not-so-gentle reminder we all need that even when life doesn't go according to plan, we can still find our way back home"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction : the middle

This is wudder

Maybe going back again

Oh my, this soup's delicious, isn't it?

You said outside, but you ain't that outside

The greatest city in America

Who cares

Clap until you feel it

Break room cake communion

Another person in the room

Congratulations, the best is over!

Jericho

Hostas negotiator

Determined to enjoy myself

Soft ground: an interlude

The invitation

God in the machine

Rainbow connection

It's called hope.

Other Format:

Online version: Thomas, R. Eric. Congratulations, the best is over!.

ISBN:

9780593496268

0593496264

OCLC:

1351186434