12-03-2011, 02:09 PM | #1 |
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Meet Biff America - Great, poignant humor columns
W00t! One of the coolest parts of this ebook publishing thing is that I get to publish people and books that I really think are great. Like Biff America.
Biff America is the stage name of a local newspaper columnist I've read for years now, Jeffrey Bergeron. I always look forward to Biff's column each week. He's a cross between Andy Rooney and Garrison Keillor / Lake Wobegon. He's a successful standup comedian and a poignant, funny writer. He takes honest looks at the human condition, his own faults, he's a bit ribald, and always makes you think. I think he's one of the best columnists out there (but as he says, he'd rather play than work). So, I hunted him down and threatened to put him in the comfy chair if he wouldn't let me publish an ebook of his book, BIFF AMERICA: STEEP, DEEP, AND DYSLEXIC. I finally wrestled him off his bicycle long enough to relent to my wiles, so here it is! You can grab it from the ReAnimus Press store at http://reanimus.com/store/?item=1135 or from Amazon at http://www.amazon.com/dp/B006H9HU5Q or from Smashwords at http://www.smashwords.com/books/view/110454 . The book is illustrated with Biff in action, and with an introduction by John Nichols, author of the Milagro Beanfield War. It's received great reviews from places and people like NBC, the Denver Post, Saturday Night Live cast member Rachel Dratch, and some guy named Brad Pitt. As John Nichols writes in the introduction, "I found myself repeatedly moved, and moved deeply, by these poignant and funny stories." I really think you'll like this. (Okay, far-right Republicans, probably not as much... but then again, the NBC review said, "George W. Bush should read this book," so yeah, you too.) |
12-18-2011, 10:06 AM | #2 |
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If you want to see what kind of thing Biff writes about, here's his column this week:
Biff America: Death and kale |
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