Author:Don Cummings
Publisher: Heliotrope Books LLC
Date of publicaiton:March 2019
Bent But Not Broken is an unflinchingly honest
memoir about the onset of Peyronie’s disease, a painful and sexually limiting
condition that is estimated to affect more than 5% of the worldwide adult male
population. Don Cummings writes humorously about the emotional and collateral
damage brought on by a suddenly curved penis as he struggles to maintain his
sense of sex and self. He openly details the doctor visits, the excruciating
treatments, and the acute anxiety over the state of his long-term relationship
with a man who is supportive but often helpless in the face of nature’s whims.
Discordant domestic life, a harrowing kidnapping by a handsome stranger, and
reminiscences of a hyper-active sexual past are woven into the single-minded
quest to minimize the effects of this deforming disorder. Brace yourself for a
daring, heartfelt and beautifully twisted story of love and survival.
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About Don Cummings
DON CUMMINGS is known for his fearless and humorous writing,
presented in books, theatre and film. His love-sex-and-health memoir, Bent But
not Broken, was released in March, 2019, published by Heliotrope Books. Don
Cummings has had short stories published in Cagibi and Epiphany. He often
performs his personal essays at venues around the country: Comedy Central’s Sit
‘n Spin, HBO Workspace, Largo, Brooklyn Reading Works, Tell It!, Personal Space
and True Story.
His many plays have been produced on both coasts: The Fat of
the Land was a semifinalist for the Kaufman & Hart Award for New American
Comedy and was published in The Coachella Review. A Good Smoke was a
semifinalist for the Eugene O’Neill Playwrights Conference, had a reading at
The Public Theater, directed by Pam MacKinnon, with Meryl Streep, Henry Wolfe,
Grace Gummer and Debra Monk, and was optioned for Broadway. Piss Play is About
Minorities So It’s Really Important, was produced as part of The New York
Cringe Festival where it received the Golden Pineapple Award for best play. The
Winner was a finalist for The Heideman Award at the Actors Theater of
Louisville and was published in Post Road Magazine. His plays, American Air,
Stark Raving Mad, Loose Joints and Feed the Children! have been produced in Los
Angeles. Box, starring Mink Stole and Lou Liberatore, was an official selection
in the Toronto Independent Film Festival, Dam Short Film Festival, New
Filmmakers New York Festival, Twin Rivers Media Festival, and was distributed
by Shorts International. Oh the Horror!, a graphic novel about zombies, is now
live on Instagram and Tumblr @ohthehorrola.
Don Cummings has often appeared on television—most famously
as someone’s favorite snarky waiter on Dharma & Greg—and in film, but more
frequently on the stage, having performed in over fifty plays. A graduate of
Tufts University with a degree in biology and the two-year acting program at
The Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theatre, he spends his days reading,
writing, composing music, and helping out other writers. He lives in Los
Angeles while adhering to Hawaii’s time zone.
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1 comment:
Thanks for featuring this, I hope you find time to read it! Sara @ TLC Book Tours
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