Comments on: AOT #45: Augusten Burroughs Podcasts Possible Side Effects http://authorsontourlive.com/burroughs/ Weekly Podcasts of Authors and Their Books, Live From The Tattered Cover Book Store. Authors ranging from Al Franken to Joan Didion read from and discuss their newest books. Tue, 29 Nov 2011 02:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Luke Morris http://authorsontourlive.com/burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-48434 Luke Morris Fri, 03 Oct 2008 03:39:12 +0000 http://authorsontourlive.com/?p=72#comment-48434 Hi, was wondering if anyone could possibly inform me in which order I should be reading Augusten's books? I am a new fan and have just read 'Running with Scissors.' Thank you Luke Hi,

was wondering if anyone could possibly inform me in which order I should be reading Augusten’s books? I am a new fan and have just read ‘Running with Scissors.’

Thank you

Luke

]]> By: siderius_andromedae@yahoo.com http://authorsontourlive.com/burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-39467 siderius_andromedae@yahoo.com Tue, 12 Aug 2008 02:46:02 +0000 http://authorsontourlive.com/?p=72#comment-39467 This podcast is an awesome one...I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and bipolar II when I was 17, and I had been looking for an outlet that I could really relate to. I really think that material things like having a well-paying job is illusory, because no matter what type of job we have, we still have to pay 10-20% of our income on taxes, and it blows a mighty wind up the government's ass, if I can be frank about it. hahahah. But seriously, we are living in a displaced society, where money is misappropriated and there is no interconnection within the government's subsidiaries. The feds get everything, and the money isn't dispersed to the people who deserve it the most; people like this writer. Honestly, the virtue of expression is under-rated. If only the government could fund more projects and endeavors in the arts. WE need a vector for writers like Augusten Burroughs, who is a brilliant, brave writer, and has proved himself a hero in revealing these things that were so connived and complicated. He was the subject of double-manipulation by his mother who sent him to live with a 30-year old psychiatrist, which is not only humiliating but also debasing. And it wasn't his fault; his mom was a nutjob. But honestly, we need a voice for people who are different. We must integrate more vivacious and creative prospectives. I hope that society becomes more heterogeneous... This podcast is an awesome one…I was diagnosed with schizoaffective disorder and bipolar II when I was 17, and I had been looking for an outlet that I could really relate to. I really think that material things like having a well-paying job is illusory, because no matter what type of job we have, we still have to pay 10-20% of our income on taxes, and it blows a mighty wind up the government’s ass, if I can be frank about it. hahahah. But seriously, we are living in a displaced society, where money is misappropriated and there is no interconnection within the government’s subsidiaries. The feds get everything, and the money isn’t dispersed to the people who deserve it the most; people like this writer. Honestly, the virtue of expression is under-rated. If only the government could fund more projects and endeavors in the arts. WE need a vector for writers like Augusten Burroughs, who is a brilliant, brave writer, and has proved himself a hero in revealing these things that were so connived and complicated. He was the subject of double-manipulation by his mother who sent him to live with a 30-year old psychiatrist, which is not only humiliating but also debasing. And it wasn’t his fault; his mom was a nutjob. But honestly, we need a voice for people who are different. We must integrate more vivacious and creative prospectives. I hope that society becomes more heterogeneous…

]]> By: ZQ http://authorsontourlive.com/burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-266 ZQ Fri, 15 Dec 2006 00:51:46 +0000 http://authorsontourlive.com/?p=72#comment-266 Thank you for the audio rendition of Running with Scissors-and that it was YOU reading it. Meant a great deal to me. Lived in Amherst 1973-1976. Went to Hampshire. My mother was diagnosed as a schizophrenic when I was 3 and then my father died when I was 5. Thank you for helping to hear my voice. I am a successful professional but still have nagging thoughts about what was or could have been...or maybe that is all bullshit and it is just good to hear that people like you (us) can make it work. Call me sometime if you want to talk: 518-526-5565. ZQ Thank you for the audio rendition of Running with Scissors-and that it was YOU reading it. Meant a great deal to me. Lived in Amherst 1973-1976. Went to Hampshire. My mother was diagnosed as a schizophrenic when I was 3 and then my father died when I was 5. Thank you for helping to hear my voice. I am a successful professional but still have nagging thoughts about what was or could have been…or maybe that is all bullshit and it is just good to hear that people like you (us) can make it work. Call me sometime if you want to talk: 518-526-5565.

ZQ

]]> By: Rob http://authorsontourlive.com/burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-128 Rob Fri, 03 Nov 2006 19:21:28 +0000 http://authorsontourlive.com/?p=72#comment-128 Sorry, we do not know the schedule of the authors we podcast. I suggest going to Mr. Burroughs' web site, which is linked at the bottom of the podcast, and typically the author has a list of speaking engagements on his or her site. AOT Sorry, we do not know the schedule of the authors we podcast. I suggest going to Mr. Burroughs’ web site, which is linked at the bottom of the podcast, and typically the author has a list of speaking engagements on his or her site.

AOT

]]> By: Tori http://authorsontourlive.com/burroughs/comment-page-1/#comment-127 Tori Fri, 03 Nov 2006 01:18:39 +0000 http://authorsontourlive.com/?p=72#comment-127 I was just wondering if you knew if Augusten Burroughs was going to do a book tour in seattle washington anytime soon! Hope to hear from you soon! Thanks, Tori I was just wondering if you knew if Augusten Burroughs was going to do a book tour in seattle washington anytime soon!

Hope to hear from you soon!

Thanks,
Tori

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