AUGUSTEN BURROUGHS

IT DID WHAT IN YOUR MOUTH? (Lessons from the Eighties.)

In the 1970’s, a uniquely engineered chewing gum called, Freshen Up, began advertising on television. What made the gum unique was that it was not a stick like the familiar Wrigley’s, but instead resembled a lozenge. This lozenge-shaped gum was in fact hollow in the center, where it contained a semi-liquid, synthetic mint or cinnamon flavored gel-like substance.

Sometimes you just feel like shit. And telling yourself you feel terrific and wearing a brave smile and refusing to give in to “negative thinking” is not only inaccurate -dishonest- but it can make you feel worse.

— THIS IS HOW

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NEW BOOK RELEASE DATE: MAY 08, 2012

My new book is called, This is How, Help for the Self. Proven to Aid in Overcoming Shyness, Molestation, Fatness, Spinsterdom, Grief, Disease, Lushery, Decrepitude & More. For Young & Old Alike.

It will be released into the wild on May 08, 2012.

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This is Wiley, the little Italian Greyhound creature that sits on my head while I write. He’s looking at the bag of Greenies on the counter behind me.

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