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Prose and Kahns is a handpicked selection of comedian Zack Kahn's observations collected from the napkins, receipts and scraps on which they were originally written.

Comedy is cool again. Perhaps cooler than it's ever been. Yet in traditional media, coverage of the stand-up world still tends to get lumped in with that of music. Why is it that unlike music, film, literature, theater, architecture, or television, the public perception of comedy remains that of mere good-timey, alcohol-enhanced, interactive sideshow as opposed to legitimate art form? In print and online, there are knowledgeable, unbiased, professional writers debating and deconstructing everything from sports and fashion to food and video games. Where are the great comedy critics? TheSpitTake.com likes to think that we've found a few of them already. Josh Bell, Daniel Berkowitz, Patrick Bromley, Elise Czajkowski, Dyan Flores, Danny Gallagher, Steve Heisler, Austin L. Ray, Michael Tedder, John Wenzel and Nick A. Zaino III review 2012 releases and live performances by talent including Chris Gethard, Kevin Hart, JB Smoove, Bob Saget, John Mulaney, Colin Quinn, Patrice O'Neal, Ron Funches, Sara Benincasa, Garfunkel and Oates, David Koechner, Ralphie May, Doug Stanhope, Steve Martin, Lewis Black, Maria Bamford, Moshe Kasher, Rick Shapiro, Jim Gaffigan, Lisa Lampanelli, Paul F. Tompkins, Marty Allen, Patton Oswalt, Todd Glass, Kyle Kinane, Lizz Winstead, Reggie Watts, Tenacious D, Hannibal Buress, Gary Gulman, Michael Ian Black, Jimmy Fallon, Ernie Kovacs, Jim Norton, Matt Braunger, Todd Barry, James Adomian, Amy Schumer, Mike Birbiglia, Robert Kelly, Brent Weinbach, Eugene Mirman, Weird Al Yankovic, Tig Notaro, Rory Scovel, Brian Regan and more.

An Alphabet Book for the Hip, Modern Baby.

Unemployed, depressed, and ten thousand dollars in debt, one fed-up comedian moves from the Pacific Northwest to outer-borough New York City. His resume reads like the ingredient list on a pack of Marlboros, his video-game addiction is rivaled only by that of his cell phone, and he fires his therapist in favor of a ten-speed bicycle. He knows a life well-lived is one that costs some skin; through dating disasters, employment mishaps, tested friendships, financial upheaval, dieting backslides, Occupy protests, gay marriage disputes, and opening days of comic-book blockbusters, he may not exactly be on the verge of putting it all back together, but he's well on his way to discovering the existential glue that will. This debut collection of narrative nonfiction essays from a noteworthy new talent is gritty and dark, yet quirky and eccentric, with pitch-perfect metaphors aplenty and a nearly Sisyphean humor derived from both inner and environmental struggle. Boasting a fresh, comedic-noir style, these are the trench-warfare tales of every tenacious, heartsick, alienated dude who just wants break through the irony-saturated din and find meaning on the other side.

With great power comes great fashion sense. Everyone loves a hero. That being said, few people actually imagine themselves filling such a role. After a strange series of crimes start breaking out all over the Quad City area, 18 year old Darrin Greer finds himself with a new set of almost superhuman abilities, turning a once depressed, social anxiety ridden, gay teen with a proclivity for bedding big rig drivers at the I-80 Truck Stop into a super-strong super human. The fate of his hometown is a lot to hang on an 18 year old but the way Darrin sees it, there has to be some reason that these sudden gifts have been bestowed upon him. There are laughs to be shared, tears to be shed, and a twist that will leave the reader stunned and awe struck. Everything is on the line. Can BGD become the hero that so many need him to be?

Ryan Buynak is a very good-looking young man who happens to be the future of American Poetry. He is a pop-culture casualty, and the voice of a generation. He returns in his third collection of modern prose, taking a trusty lighter to the poet stereotype and setting it on fire.