The Hardest Part of Schizophrenia Is Spelling Schizophrenia
A Memoir
$48.78
- Hardcover
304 pages
- Release Date
13 October 2026
Summary
From a fearless comic known for tackling uncomfortable topics, a revealing and subversive memoir that explores Bowers’ life from his difficult childhood in Georgia up to his rise in the LA comedy world
Byron Bowers is often referred to as a Comics’ Comic. A veteran stand-up comedian and actor, he’s known for gripping material covering spirituality, race, socioeconomics, gender roles-and for delivering a fair chunk of it unrehearsed and in the moment. But though his li…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780306828454 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0306828456 |
| Author: | Byron Bowers, Julie Seabaugh |
| Publisher: | Hachette Books |
| Imprint: | Da Capo Press Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 13 October 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
About The Author
Byron Bowers
Byron Bowers is a stand-up comedian, writer, and actor. He’s best known for his roles in Concrete Cowboys, Honey Boy, and The CHI, and as the voice of Nelson on HBO’s animated series, Ten Year Old Tom, for which he also writes. He is currently busy writing an autobiographical series he recently sold to Amazon Originals. He’s based in Los Angeles, CA.
As a professional comedy journalist of two decades, Julie Seabaugh has contributed to The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, Rolling Stone, The Hollywood Reporter, Variety, GQ, The Village Voice, and LA Weekly, among numerous other alt-weeklies. Her coverage of modern roasting culminated in her 2018 book, Ringside at Roast Battle, and her love of Mitch Hedberg led to producing/hosting 2020’s Hope on Top: A Mitch Hedberg Oral History for SiriusXM. With Emmy-nominated filmmaker Nick Scown, she co-directed the September 2021 feature documentary Too Soon: Comedy After 9⁄11 for Vice. The 50 Years of the Comedy Store six-LP vinyl box set (2022) features her liner notes; her Positive Connections: A Brody Stevens Oral History debuted on SiriusXM in February 2023. The collection A Tight 20: Two Decades of Comedy Journalism is available now.
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