Barry Yourgrau
Writer-performer Barry Yourgrau is the author of acclaimed books of brief fiction, including Wearing Dad’s Head, and The Sadness of Sex, in whose film version he starred. He’s appeared on MTV and NPR, and written for the New York Times, Huffington Post, Paris Review, and Vice, among others. Born in South Africa, he lives in New York and Istanbul.
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Mess
- By: Barry Yourgrau
- Narrator: Peter Brooke
- Length: 9 hours 56 minutes
- Publisher: Dreamscape Media
- Publish date: August 10, 2015
- Language: English
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Millions of Americans struggle with severe clutter and hoarding. Barry Yourgrau is one of them. Behind the door of his Queens apartment, Yourgrau’s life is, quite literally, chaos. Confronted by his exasperated girlfriend, he embarks on a... Read more
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