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Barry Yourgrau

Biography

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.

Barry Yourgrau

Books by Barry Yourgrau

by Barry Yourgrau - Memoir, Nonfiction

Millions of Americans struggle with severe clutter and hoarding. New York writer and bohemian 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, a globe-trotting food critic, he embarks on a heartfelt, wide-ranging, and too often uproarious project to take control of his crammed, disorderly apartment and life, and to explore the wider world of collecting, clutter and extreme hoarding.