Author: Rainn Wilson File Type: epub For nine seasons Rainn Wilson played Dwight Schrute, everyones favorite work nemesis and beet farmer. Viewers of The Officefell in love with the character and grew to love the actor who played him even more. Rainn founded a website and media company, SoulPancake, that eventually became a bestselling book of the same name. He also started a hilarious Twitter feed (sample tweet Im not on Facebook is the new I dont even own a TV) that now has more than four million followers.Now, hes ready to tell his own story and explain how he came up with his incredibly unique sense of humor and perspective on life. He explains how he grew up bone-numbingly nerdy before there was even a modicum of cool attached to the word. The Bassoon Kingchronicles his journey from nerd to drama geek (the highest rung on the vast, pimply ladder of high school losers), his years of mild debauchery and struggles as a young actor in New York, his many adventures and insights about The Office, and finally, Wilsons achievement of success and satisfaction, both in his career and spiritually, reconnecting with the artistic and creative values of the Bahai faith he grew up in.Filled with genuinely fascinating stories about his unusual upbringing, his entree into the comedy world and his thoughtfully developed views on life, Wilsons book is an unsurprisingly funny and surprisingly poignant entry in the cavalcade of celebrity memoirs. BookPageWilsons hilarious book is a brisk, delightful read for his devoted fans. American WayWilsons story is engaging . . . Readers will relish his experiences as Dwight Schrute (who contributes the books foreword) in The Office- snagging the part, the shows debut, the actors and writers, and behind-the-scenes reminiscences. Publishers Weekly Wilson shares the ups and downs of his journey to fame in this funny and frank memoir . . . of particular interest to aspiring actors and other creative types, as well as the many fans of the long-running NBC comedy. BooklistCertainly for fans of The Office, but the amiable actor also offers thoughtful glimpses into the realities of the TV and film industry and an impassioned rationale for living an openly spiritual life. Kirkus Reviews

Author: Susan Flynn File Type: pdf This collection of essays engages with a wide range of disciplines including art, performance, film and literature, to examine the myriad effects of contemporary surveillance on our cultural psyche. The volume expertly articulates the manner in which cultural productions have been complicit in watching, seeing and purporting to know race. In our increasingly mediated world, our sense of community is becoming progressively virtual, and surveillant technologies impact upon subjectivity, resulting in multiple forms of artistic and cultural expression. As such, art, film, and literature provide a lens for the reflection of sociocultural concerns. In Surveillance, Race, Culture Flynn and Mackay skilfully draw together a diverse range of contributions to investigate the fundamental question of exactly how surveillant technologies have informed our notions of race, identity and belonging. **From the Back Cover This collection of essays engages with a wide range of disciplines including art, performance, film and literature, to examine the myriad effects of contemporary surveillance on our cultural psyche. The volume expertly articulates the manner in which cultural productions have been complicit in watching, seeing and purporting to know race. In our increasingly mediated world, our sense of community is becoming progressively virtual, and surveillant technologies impact upon subjectivity, resulting in multiple forms of artistic and cultural expression. As such, art, film, and literature provide a lens for the reflection of sociocultural concerns. In Surveillance, Race, Culture Flynn and Mackay skilfully draw together a diverse range of contributions to investigate the fundamental question of exactly how surveillant technologies have informed our notions of race, identity and belonging. About the Author Susan Flynn is Senior Lecturer in Media Communications at the University of the Arts, London, UK. She specialises in digital media, identity and equality studies. Antonia Mackay is Associate Lecturer in English Literatureat Oxford Brookes University, UK, specialising in American literature, culture and theatre.