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Tuesday Nov 24 | San Diego Reader

Running with Scissors

Splashy feature debut for the man behind the cable-television series Nip/Tuck , writer-director Ryan Murphy, a hey-look-at-me cannonball, adapted from the "memoir" of Augusten Burroughs.

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Sat Nov 21, 2009

Overheard in New York

...Why Do You Think I Moved to New York?

Trendy undergrad #2 : Great--I love fucked-up shit. --16th St & 8th Ave Overheard by: Jaded Grad Student Click here to see a RANDOM quote

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Tue Nov 17, 2009

North Jersey Media Group

Author pouts in print about his unhappy holidays

It's not uncommon for people to say that their holidays don't live up to a Norman Rockwell painting, but Augusten Burroughs says his holidays have been "hideous." The best-selling author of books like "Running With Scissors" and "Dry" has compiled a book of essays about those dreadful experiences called "You Better Not Cry" . During a recent ...

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Fri Nov 13, 2009

NOLA.com

Running With Scissors presents 'Silent Night of the Lambs'

Put on your parkas and shine your snow boots: Running With Scissors is heading north for the holidays - waaaaay north! They're flying far above the Arctic Circle, to the land of Santa Claus, sleigh bells, and suspense, with Ryan Landry's camp comedy, "Silent Night of the Lambs." Life on the North Pole ain't what it used to be: Rudolph's long gone, ...

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Thu Nov 12, 2009

Blog Town, PDX

Celebrity Mad Libs: Augusten Burroughs

Yesterday, very early in the morning, I had the opportunity to interview Augusten Burroughs, author of the monstrous bestseller Running with Scissors .

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Austin, TX, Life, Holidays, Christmas

Tue Nov 10, 2009

CBC News

'Running with Scissors' memoirist Augusten Burroughs shares Christmas memories

Even among high-functioning alcoholics, Augusten Burroughs is an acquired taste.

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Fri Nov 06, 2009

Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Augusten Burroughs shares his holiday stories

This undated file photo released by St. Martins Press shows Augusten Burroughs. NEW YORK -- It's not uncommon for people to say that their holidays don't live up to a Norman Rockwell painting, but Augusten Burroughs says his holidays have been "hideous." The best-selling author of books like "Running with Scissors" and "Dry" has compiled a book of ...

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Binghamton University Pipe Dream Home

SparkNotes is not on the syllabus

At the opposite end of the spectrum from leisure reading is the hundreds of pages professors assign us to read each week - pages that students seem determined to hate no matter what.

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Thu Nov 05, 2009

Star-telegram.com

Augusten Burroughs, of family-dysfunction fare, offers a new book for Christmas

New and notable David Sedaris skewered the Christmas spirit a decade ago in his Holidays on Ice collection, and now it's fellow memoirist and family-dirty-laundry gatherer Augusten Burroughs' turn.

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Mon Nov 02, 2009

Southern Voice

You Better Not Cry

Gay author Augusten Burroughs brings his latest memoir, "You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas," to the Atlanta campus of the Savannah College of Art & Design in a reading sponsored by Outwrite.

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Sun Nov 01, 2009

Boston Herald

The eggnog cup is always half empty for Christmas lover Burroughs

Boston Herald Features Reporter Tenley Woodman is a feature writer for the Boston Herald.

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Tue Oct 27, 2009

Time

Q & A: Memoirist Augusten Burroughs on his new book You Better Not Cry: Stories for Christmas

Christmas has not been kind to Augusten Burroughs. But in his inimitable style, the New York Times bestselling author of Running with Scissors , Dry and A Wolf at the Table turns his smorgasbord of cringe-worthy seasonal memories-a one-night stand with an aging Frenchman in a Santa suit, a holiday spent among the homeless-into an improbably merry, ...

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Mon Oct 26, 2009

Variety

Burroughs partners with Katalyst

Author Augusten Burroughs has partnered with Katalyst Films to develop TV projects, including a drama at CBS and a Showtime comedy based on his book "Dry." Both projects were set up through CBS TV Studios, where Katalyst is based.

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Thu Oct 22, 2009

Creative Pro

Affordable Webinar on Cut-Paper Art

"Running with Scissors: Cut paper in contemporary art and design" costs just $39. It takes place Monday, October 26, at 4pm ET.

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Tue Sep 01, 2009

Inside Mac Games

Going Postal For A Third Time

UGDB.com has posted a new interview with Lead Design/Creative Director of Running with Scissors and Andrew Belkin, Lead Producer of Akella , about the upcoming Postal III .

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Sun Jul 26, 2009

Chicago Sun-Times

City boy, country boy, annoying boy

Wade Rouse's At Least in the City Someone Would Hear Me Scream -- clunky title and all -- might be the least essential queer memoir since Augusten Burroughs' A Wolf at the Table .

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Wed Jul 08, 2009

TheCelebrityCafe

Running with Scissors

'Running with Scissors' is a memoir of Augusten Burroughs's peculiar life from the age of 9 to his teenage years.

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Mon Jun 22, 2009

The Times of India

Consistently Inconsistent | Running With Scissors

Last year, a case was filed in the courts against the Aamir Khan starrer, Ghajini, for depicting gruesome violence and still getting away with a U/A certificate from the censor board.

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Sun Jun 21, 2009

News Observer

galleryopenings

Openings for "Running with Scissors" by Sherill Anne Gross and "Under the Sun" by Miriam Sagasti, 5-7 p.m. today.

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Related Topix: Durham, NC, Pop/Rock, Greensboro, NC

Fri Jun 19, 2009

Las Vegas Review Journal

Author Burroughs will talk about his life -- in detail -- at Clark County Library

The devil's in the details is an old saying that means you're doomed if you ignore the minutiae of anything.

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