Seriously...What Am I Doing Here? The Adventures of a Wondering and Wandering Gay Jew

by Ken Schneck, Dave Perillo (Illustrator)

Overview

Escapism to Adventure (For Non-Adventurers).

Does the geographic cure actually work? Through a fast-paced journey of saying yes to the unfamiliar, pack your bags and set out into the world with a gay Jew determined to answer that universal question of "Seriously...What Am I Doing Here?"

Never having been on an adventure, Ken Schneck finds himself stumbling twice into rural Uganda; signing up for a 425-mile bike ride; stirring up drama at a Californian hippie, healing retreat; and somehow standing up straight with a colossal backpack strapped to his shoulders deep in the backwoods of the Colorado Rocky Mountains.

This occasionally heartbreaking, often insightful, and reliably witty travelogue has at its core our never-ending search for meaning, our desperate need to grasp that elusive sense of place and community, and how we often fail to succeed (sometimes hilariously so!) but keep right on trying.

Product Details

BN ID:	2940157429423
Publisher:	1984 Publishing
Publication date:	05/21/2017
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	230
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Ken Schneck, PhD, is the producer/host of "This Show Is So Gay," the long-running, award-winning radio show/podcast. In his spare time, he is an Associate Professor and the Director of the Leadership in Higher Education Program at Baldwin Wallace University where he teaches courses on anti-racism, ethical leadership, and how individuals can work with communities to create a more engaged and just world. You can find him telling stories in and around Cleveland, Ohio.

Editorial Reviews

"I was entertained, enlightened, moved to tears many times, and laughed out very loud (...it is so f*cking funny)! The courage, humanness, honesty, willingness, compassion, kindness, and understanding of 'Seriously...What Am I Doing Here?' inspired me."

Jim J. Bullock

"Just in time: a witty travelogue for a serious world. And I even earned double frequent flier miles!"

Kate Clinton

"Ken Schneck unpacks his wanderlust in a way that creates an emotional-and very funny-journey for him and the reader. Bon voyage!"

Matthew Rettenmund

"I had a smile on my face and tears in my eyes from cover to cover. Ken Schneck is my favorite new snarky gay Jew."

Todd Stephens

"Wouldn't vacations be more memorable if we could bring along a smart, curious, and eager traveling companion? Ken Schneck is just that person. Don't go away again until you read these seriously hilarious and heartbreaking pages."

Scott Heim