God I Feel Modern Tonight: Poems from a Gal about Town
Catherine Cohen
(Author)
Description
Tragicomic verses from the award-winning comedian and millennial renaissance woman. Catherine Cohen, the one-woman stand-up chanteuse who has electrified the downtown NYC comedy scene in her white go-go boots, has been posting poignant, unfiltered poems on social media since before Instagram was a thing. A self-proclaimed self-obsessed millennial on the prowl with her beaded bag, she ponders guys who call you dude after sex, English-major dreams, true love during the pandemic, and other weighty matters in these captivating short lyrics. I wish I were smart instead of on my phone, Cohen confides; heartbreak, / when it comes, and it will come / is always new. A Dorothy Parker for our time, a Starbucks philosophe with no primary-care doctor, this poet and rising megastar is a welcome new breed of everywoman--a larger-than-life best friend, who will say all the outrageous things we think but never say out loud ourselves.Product Details
Price
$18.00
$16.56
Publisher
Knopf Publishing Group
Publish Date
February 02, 2021
Pages
80
Dimensions
4.9 X 7.3 X 0.4 inches | 0.3 pounds
Language
English
Type
Hardcover
EAN/UPC
9780593318331
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About the Author
Catherine Cohen, a native of Houston, Texas, is a comedy sensation who has a residency at Joe's Pub and hosts a weekly show at Club Cumming in NYC; she also cohosts the popular podcast about dating, boys, and sex, Seek Treatment. She has been featured in The New York Times, Vogue, and The Village Voice, and was named Best Newcomer at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival in 2019. Her many film and TV credits include a role in Michael Showalter's The Lovebirds and Season 3 of High Maintenance on HBO. Follow her while you're young @catccohen on Instagram.
Reviews
"Cat's poetry is the perfect manifestation of her singular persona. It's outrageously funny, bold, unafraid, absurd, unadorned and somehow consistently profound. I belly-laughed involuntarily throughout, was repeatedly moved, and mostly marveled at her deliciously unique voice." --Ben Platt "This book is a party & at the party you meet somebody who is hilarious & charming (but also hot & smart!) & the reason you're together is because you're both a little sad in a modern way plus the outlet is there & your phones are both at 12 percent. After reading this I wrote seven million things I've always been meaning to but hadn't yet because I felt I didn't have permission & that is what these poems gave me: permission to be the freaky little bitch I've always been, searching endlessly for something more." --Melissa Lozada-Oliva, author of Peluda "Does anyone chronicle and lampoon millennial ennui as hilariously, as vulnerably and as bitingly as Cat Cohen? NFW TBH. I'm a stan!" --Alan Cumming, author of Not My Father's Son