Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's | Tiffany Midge

I felt like I‘d heard much of this before, which isn‘t likely since Midge covers recent events. So, I can‘t explain that. Although this book didn‘t grab ahold of me, I would watch a television series developed by Midge & I‘d follow on social.
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psalva

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's | Tiffany Midge

so-so

Several of Midge‘s pieces, particularly the longer more reflective essays, were spectacular. There were even a few shorter satire pieces that made me thing about privilege in new ways, particularly related to language. Sadly, this suffered from bad packaging. ⬇️

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psalva I got reading whiplash a few times, surprised by the tone of each piece to the point of needing to pause and assess what I was reading. Was it satire, reflection, meme-like humor, or shit post? In the end I was unsatisfied with the book as a whole, but I will look for Midge‘s other work and give it another shot. 1y

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psalva

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's | Tiffany Midge

I went into this book not knowing exactly what to expect. I‘m at the halfway point and I have to say Midge‘s voice is powerful. Almost all of the pieces in here have made me think about privilege, but I must say this one has given me pause. I‘m reflecting on how the reclamation of words isn‘t meaningful to all people in the same way and what I think about that. I have never quite thought about this before in the same way.

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RebL This is on my holds list! Glad to see the S-word go. But the P word? I hadn‘t thought of it. As an Oklahoman, I reject “Okie.” When people use it, I ask them, “How many teeth does an Okie have?” I‘m pretty sure they aren‘t thinking a full mouth. Also, by definition, you can‘t be an Okie & still live in Oklahoma. Anyway, I like books that push my thinking. Thanks for pulling this quote. 1y

psalva @RebL I‘m glad others have plans to read this. I think this book suffers from bad packaging actually. It is satire and cultural criticism- there is humor but in my opinion it is serious and biting, not jolly or silly to the extent the cover makes it seem. A lot of the pieces are short, one or two pages, but the longer pieces have a lot of nuance. I hadn‘t thought about “Okie” outside of John Steinbeck. Hmm… now you‘ve got me thinking too 1y

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Bookzombie

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's | Tiffany Midge

pick

This was a pick. Many of the essays are satirical and I think I found the personal essays more interesting. I listened to the audio. It‘s not read by Midge. Maybe the author is a horrible narrator, but I always wonder if it would be better read by them. I laughed quite a bit, but I also found that some of the political essays enraged me all over again. Lol. This was published in 2019. #SkodenReadathon #nonfiction

vivastory Hands down one of my favorite titles of the past few years 1y

IndoorDame I‘m always more interested in listening to a book if I see it‘s read by the author, even though I know so many authors are surprisingly terrible readers! I remember a visiting poetry lecture series in college where maybe 15 or 20 contemporary poets came to read, and with at least half of them I found myself thinking, this would actually be better on paper or read by anyone else! 1y

Bookzombie @vivastory It‘s a great title! 1y

Bookzombie @IndoorDame That‘s how I feel about memoir and essays. I want the author‘s tone and emphasis. 🙂 1y

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mariaku21

Bury My Heart at Chuck E. Cheese's | Tiffany Midge

so-so

I had never read anything by Tiffany Midge before, so I wasn't sure what to expect from these essays, but overall, I found the satire to be humorous and witty.

Some pieces were straightforward and quickly read as satire, while others were on the fence, taking a current event and adding a twist to work for the author's favor. Those were a hit or miss for me in this collection, but I will definitely be looking for Midge's work at my library.

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