Augusten Burroughs “Running with Scissors.”

Posted in Book, Publicity, Reviews on July 6th by Dan.

    I'm honored and blown away by the kind words "Running with Scissors" author Augusten Burroughs had to say about my book "Gladiator – A True Story of 'Roids, Rage and Redemption."

 

“Dan Clark possesses the emotional honesty, humility and depth together with the innate literary talent and stylistic sensibility to execute this memoir with stunning eloquence and power. His lean, muscular prose never wavers off course as it leads us through his unspeakable loss, overwhelming success and ultimately into a kind of acceptance and redemption. As readers, we are fortunate that not all talented writers march automatically through grad school and into publication; some first become comics and undertakers and whalers and American Gladiators.” 

                                                                            -AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS 

 

Growing up I always believed writing books was something "smart people" did.  Augusten is one of those "smart people."  If you haven't read Augusten's books yet, don't walk, run to the book store!  (Do people still go to the book store? Or is it Amazon only?)

 Either way, if you love a good memoir, his books are about as good as it gets.  Running with Scissors was also made into a film with the same name that starred Gwenyth Paltrow.  

Here's his website info:  Augusten.com  

Check him out. BTW — I don't consider myself one of the "smart people," just someone who is determined and someone who hasn't let the noise of other's opinions drown out what I know is possible. 

Be brilliant!

Dan "Nitro" Clark

 

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2 responses to
“Augusten Burroughs “Running with Scissors.””

  1. Kimberly OBrien says:
    July 6, 2009 at 10:39 pm

    I am a huge fan for many years of Augusten and his literary work… The fact that he is is giving credit to Dan Clark and his book… tells me that Mr. Clarks book is def worth a read!!!

  2. derekpm says:
    July 12, 2009 at 8:08 pm

    Rather interesting. Has few times re-read for this purpose to remember. Thanks for interesting article. Waiting for trackback

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