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  title info:
    title: Inspiration porn
    sub title: essays
  name:
    name part: O'Connell, Ryan
    name part: 1986-
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
    role:
      role term: aut
    role:
      role term: http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut
  type of resource: text
  genre: biography
  genre: essay
  genre: Autobiographies.
  genre: Essays.
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: nyu
    date issued: 2026
    edition: First edition.
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    form: regular print
    extent: 260 pages ; 22 cm
  abstract: "Hilarious and bawdy musings on disability, sex, family, and Hollywood, from Emmy-winning writer and creator of the Netflix series Special. For years, Ryan O'Connell wished he was different. Raised in a small Southern California beach town described as 'Laguna Beach with meth,' his dad had taken off for greener pastures, and his alcoholic mom packed him lunches that wouldn't win any Top Chef: Quickfire challenges. On top of that, he had to be disabled and gay?! Luckily, Ryan always had a love for writing. There, he could 'construct the narrative of my life before anyone can construct it for me.' In essays that range from the poignant to the side-splitting, Ryan takes us along as he grapples with addiction, navigates the early days of writing for online media in NYC, and uses his voice to gain entrance into the cutthroat world of Hollywood, where he becomes a sought-after writer and creator. In other essays he asks the very important question: 'Are Straight People Okay?' (short answer is no), explores the battle between your IRL vs URL identity, and ruminates on the healing power of being gay and on vacation. Finally, Ryan opens up his committed relationship and becomes a slut for the first time, keeping a diary of his sexual misadventures, and bravely healing his soul through his hole. In the tradition of writers like Samantha Irby and David Sedaris, INSPIRATION PORN is a candid and often raunchy look at a life lived without apologies"--
  table of contents: Introduction -- We tell ourselves stories in order to drink -- Body of work -- On keeping a Livejournal -- Millennilol -- You'll never pretend to eat lunch in this town again -- P-Town -- Are straight people okay? -- The slut diaries -- 6,878 words about love (and some other stuff, too, but I think all the detours lead back love) -- Afterword.
  note: Ryan O'Connell.
  subject:
    name:
      name part: O'Connell, Ryan
      name part: 1986-
  subject:
    topic: Authors, American
    temporal: 20th century
  classification: PS3615.C5837 Z46 2026
  identifier: 9781250376244
  identifier: 1250376246
  identifier: 9781250376251
  identifier: 2026009389
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 260317
    record change date: 20260529201629.0
    record identifier: in00005783107
    language of cataloging:
      language term: eng