{"product_id":"the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-gay-essays","title":"The Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Gay: Essays: Essays","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"This book is absurdly funny! It made me laugh so hard (out loud, even!) that I almost collapsed a lung. Truly the queerest joy I have ever felt!\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Samantha Irby, \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"In a world of A+ gays, take some tips from the opposite of that. Eliot's voice must be heard.\" \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003e--Jinkx Monsoon, winner of \u003ci\u003eRuPaul's Drag Race\u003c\/i\u003e and star of \u003ci\u003eOh, Mary!\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom comedian Eliot Glazer comes a hilarious and heartfelt essay collection for \u003ci\u003eLas Culturistas\u003c\/i\u003e listeners, \u003ci\u003e30 Rock\u003c\/i\u003e fanatics, and anyone who wishes David Sedaris were just a \u003ci\u003etad\u003c\/i\u003e filthier.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eComedian and writer Eliot Glazer may occasionally get \u003ci\u003esome\u003c\/i\u003e stuff right, but being gay is \u003ci\u003enot\u003c\/i\u003e one of them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Poppers make him dizzy. Parties make him panicked. And the term \"guncle\" makes him queasy. When it comes to being part of the LGBTQ+ community, Eliot just can't seem to find his shade of the rainbow, which is precisely why he repeatedly suggests a grayscale one instead (although no one seems to listen). \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In a community built around the \"chosen family,\" Eliot can't even get \u003ci\u003eadopted\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Terrible, Horrible, No Good, Very Bad Gay\u003c\/i\u003e is for anyone who fully spirals while shopping for a throw pillow, does breathing exercises before entering a pool party, or has a full-fledged breakdown after accidentally dyeing their fake front tooth bubblegum blue amid a torrid affair with a guy under house arrest. (Okay, that might just be Eliot, but it's one hell of a story.) \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Eliot's laugh-out-loud yet quietly heartbreaking stories capture the glory, chaos, and contradictions of queer modern life--a rallying cry for anyone who's ever felt like the odd one out, the minority within the minority, and the one who always seems to \"do it wrong.\"","brand":"Gallery Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42235526774869,"sku":"9781668085424","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0617\/0211\/1317\/files\/imageloader_2593f6f4-998e-4838-8e8a-5039a57ac6b9.jpg?v=1773439911","url":"https:\/\/shopchapterbookstores.com\/products\/the-terrible-horrible-no-good-very-bad-gay-essays","provider":"Chapter One","version":"1.0","type":"link"}