Mortified Love Is A Battlefield

Relive the angst. From starter girlfriends to escapist fantasies to delusional attempts to stand out amongst their peers, Mortified: Love Is a Battlefield revisits the boundlessly embarrassing topic of childhood love, uncovering priceless artifacts of authentic teen angst that tell of unrequited crushes, awkward hookups, odd celebrity infatuations, and all manner of romantic catastrophes. The now older (and allegedly wiser) authors of these letters, lyrics, and journals bravely share their shame in stories that range from sweetly hopeful to borderline psychotic. Everyone who ever obsessed over whether that guy or girl in algebra class liked them, or, y'know, liked them liked them, will relish this funny and touching valentine to our collective past

How Much Have YOU Changed Since Childhood?From the makers of the acclaimed Mortified podcast, stage show and documentary series, this interactive diary is part time machine, part confession booth. Discover how much you’ve changed (and haven’t) as you answer questions about your:• Love life• Family life• Best days• Worst days• Fears• Vices• Unfortunate fashion history (no, that Hypercolor shirt will never be cool again)• And beyond!With prompts that encourage you to compare your life THEN vs. NOW, My Mortified Life is a cathartic way to relive your past, reflect on your present and figure out whether you’re still the same wonderful weirdo you were back in the day.

After years of being encouraged (okay, nagged) by her Mother to write thank-you notes, Dieterich began writing one thank-you note a day to whatever thing, no matter how small or odd, she was thankful for. From important gestures, like a Partner's Understanding, to simple, soulful, and quirky things like Songs You're Embarrassed to Like, "thxthxthx" features 200 of Dieterich's original, handwritten thank-you notes that collectively convey the look and feel of handwritten notes from a close friend.

Poetry. Art. This anthology includes work by a group of poets who collaborated on Neo Rauch's "para" paintings while on exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York. The contributors are Boni Joi, Ronna Lebo, Catherine Shainberg, Marian Brown St. Onge, Susan Berger-Jones, Gale Batchelder, Eileen Hennessy, Judson Evans, Vivian Eyre, and John Yau. Rauch is a poet's painter; as stated by John Yau in his introduction to the anthology, Rauch's paintings have "resisted narrative and did not readliy succumb to explication." Neo Rauch's work combines surrealism with popular imagery to help illustrate social themes.