''Magical Thinking'' is a 2004

memoir A memoir (; , ) is any nonfiction narrative writing based in the author's personal memories. The assertions made in the work are thus understood to be factual. While memoir has historically been defined as a subcategory of biography or autobi ...

by American writer

Augusten Burroughs Augusten Xon Burroughs (born Christopher Richter Robison, October 23, 1965) is an American writer best known for his ''New York Times'' bestselling memoir '' Running with Scissors'' (2002). Early life Christopher Richter Robison was born in ...

. The book contains stories from the adult life of the author.Macmillan book review
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Stories

''Magical Thinking'' contains the following stories: # Commercial Break # Vanderbilt Genes # Transfixed by Transsexuals # Model Behavior # I Dated an Undertaker # And Now a Word from Our Sponsor # The Rat/Thing # Debby's Requirements # Roof Work # Beating Raoul # Holy Blow Job # Mark the Shrink # Telemarketing Revenge # My Last First Date # The Schnauzer # Key Worst # Ass Burger # Life Cycle of the North American Opossum # Cunnilingusville # I Kid You Not # I'm Gonna Live Forever # Total Turnaround # Roid Rage # Magical Thinking # Puff Derby # Meanwhile, Back at the Ranch # Up the Escalator

References

2004 non-fiction books American memoirs LGBT literature in the United States {{memoir-stub