Ian Frazier

Ian Frazier is the author of Travels in Siberia, Great Plains, On the Rez, Lamentations of the Father and Coyote V. Acme, among other works, all published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. He graduated from Harvard University. A frequent contributor to The New Yorker, he lives in Montclair, New Jersey.
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Travels in Siberia by Ian Frazier--Audiobook Excerpt
Listen to this audiobook excerpt and hear author Ian Frazier read from his book Travels in Siberia, a dazzling Russian travelogue from the bestselling author of Great Plains. With great passion and enthusiasm, Ian Frazier reveals Siberia's role in history—its science, economics, and politics—and tells the stories of its most famous exiles, such as Dostoyevsky, Lenin, and Stalin.
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Ian Frazier
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Dispatches from the front lines of American culture by the great humorist
Ian Frazier, “America’s greatest essayist” (Los Angeles Times), has gathered his...
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Available 09/07/2021
Pre-OrderThe Cursing Mommy's Book of Days
Ian Frazier
Picador
Picador
A hilarious—and delightfully profane—novel about the daily frustrations of family life
Based on his widely read columns for The New Yorker, Ian Frazier's uproarious first novel,...
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Travels in Siberia
Ian Frazier
Picador
Picador
More than just a travelogue, Travels in Siberia is also an account of Russia since the end of the Soviet Union and a personal reflection on the all-around amazingness of Russia, a country that still somehow manages to be funny.
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Lamentations of the Father
Ian Frazier
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
When The Atlantic Monthly celebrated its 150th anniversary by publishing excerpts from the best writing ever to appear in the magazine, in the category of the humorous essay it chose only...
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Gone to New York
Ian Frazier; Foreword by Jamaica Kincaid
Picador
Picador
Welcome to Ian Frazier's New York, where every block is an event, and where the denizens are larger than life. Meet landlord extraordinaire Zvi Hugo Segal, and the man who scaled the World Trade...
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Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody
Ian Frazier
Picador
Picador
Nobody Better, Better Than Nobody is a collection of five extended essays that appeared in The New Yorker from 1978 to 1986. In the tradition of A. J. Liebling and Joseph Mitchell,...
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The Fish's Eye
Ian Frazier
Picador
Picador
In The Fish's Eye: Essays About Angling and the Outdoors, Ian Frazier explores his lifelong passion for fishing, fish, and the aquatic world. He sees the angler's environment all around him—in...
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Dating Your Mom
Ian Frazier
Picador
Picador
From the opening essay, "The Bloomsbury Group Live at the Apollo (Liner Notes from the New Best-Selling Album)" to the title piece that discusses ways in which you might begin a romance with your...
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Coyote V. Acme
Ian Frazier
Picador
Picador
The title essay of Coyote v. Acme, Ian Frazier's second collection of humorous essays, imagines the opening statement of an attorney representing cartoon character Wile E. Coyote in a product...
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On the Rez
Ian Frazier
Picador
Picador
On the Rez is a sharp, unflinching account of the modern-day American Indian experience, especially that of the Oglala Sioux, who now live on the Pine Ridge Indian Reservation in the plains...
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Great Plains
Ian Frazier
Picador
Picador
National Bestseller
With his unique blend of intrepidity, tongue-in-cheek humor, and wide-eyed wonder, Ian Frazier takes us on a journey of more than 25,000 miles up and...
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