The powerHouse Arena invites you to the book release party for:
My Parents Were Awesome:
Before Fanny Packs and Minivans, They Were People Too
by Eliot Glazer
Tuesday, April 5, 7–9 PM
The powerHouse Arena · 37 Main Street (corner of Water & Main St.) · DUMBO, Brooklyn
For more information, please call 718.666.3049
rsvp: rsvp@powerHouseArena.com
"More than just awesome, this book offers something to readers that so many people suspect is true but don't really find out until they become parents themselves. It makes your heart bigger."
— Larry Smith, editor of SMITH magazine, creators of the Six-Word Memoir project
NEWSFLASH: Your mom and dad weren't always parents. They used to be people—and they were awesome. Eliot Glazer visits The powerHouse Arena with his new book based on his popular blog to convince you that your parents were once awesome, too. He'll be joined by Giulia Rozzi, Rachel Shukert, Rachel Sklar, and Dave Itzkoff.
About My Parents Were Awesome:
They bathed you. They fed you. They raised you to become the person you are today. Your parents are an integral part of your story. But guess what? They have a story too—one that started long before you entered the picture. Before embarrassing fanny packs and Lite FM, there was a time when Mom and Dad were young and carefree, just like you. They were also fun and flirty, full of hope and desire, and effortlessly cool.
Based on the wildly popular website, My Parents Were Awesome shares heartwarming and hilarious essays by sons and daughters—including Jamie Deen, Christian Lander, Dave Itzkoff, Katherine Center, Laurie Notaro, and Holly Peterson—who tell tales of their folks before babies, mortgages, and receding hairlines: the mom and dad who traveled by VW bus to see Led Zeppelin for $1, the grandmother whose halter top and shorts belied her perfect demeanor, the father whose wanderlust passed down to his equally nomadic daughter.  Accompanied by treasured vintage photographs, these stories will make you laugh, melt your heart, and spark your own reflections of Mom and Dad.
About the participants:
Eliot Glazer is a writer, comedian, and the creator of the blog My Parents Were Awesome. Photographed here as a baby with his Dad.
Rachel Shukert is a playwright, performer, and the author of Have You No Shame? And Other Regrettable Stories. Her writing has appeared in McSweeney's and Heeb, and on Salon, Slate, Gawker, Nerve, and The Daily Beast, as well as featured on National Public Radio and in numerous print anthologies. Shukert was born and raised in Omaha, Nebraska, and now lives in New York City with her husband and her bipolar cat.
Rachel Sklar is the former Senior Contributing Editor for the Huffington Post, and was the founding editor of the site's Eat The Press page. She has contributed to The New York Times, the Village Voice, the Financial Times, Glamour, New York Magazine, and numerous publications in her homeland of Canada. She currently works with media consulting firm Abrams Research, and contributes to online magazine The Daily Beast. She was a regular on HLN's Not Just Another Cable News Show and has appeared as a frequent guest on networks including CNN, MSNBC, and Fox News, with varying degrees of makeup.
Dave Itzkoff is a reporter on the culture desk of The New York Times and the lead contributor to its popular ArtsBeat blog. He is the author of Lads and has written for numerous publications, including GQ, Vanity Fair, Details, Wired, Elle, Spin, The New York Times Book Review, and New York magazine.
Giulia Rozzi is a comedian, writer, and actress who's appeared on Vh1, MTV, and CNN. She co-hosts the long-running storytelling show Stripped Stories at the UCB theatre and Dive Comedy bi-monthly at Freddy's Bar in Brooklyn. She has written for BUST, Playgirl, Glamour AOL, and the MTV series Silent Library.
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