THE TOILET PAPERS
Pieces Just the Right Length
The paperback version of The Toilet Papers is now available from Sampson's Ridge Press.
The Toilet Papers is a collection of essays by Jane Wingate. Thirty-three of the sixty-seven pieces have been previously published; the rest appear here for the first time. (See the Table of Contents for a complete list.)
The essays in this first edition of The Toilet Papers are grouped into three categories: Short Pieces, Medium Pieces, and Pieces for When You Have to Stay Awhile.
Here you may read one of the essays, "The World Turn Upside Down".
What other writers are saying
I'm having such fun with The Toilet Papers. I welled up over "Fellow Voyager, See You When," and I laughed out loud over others, such as "What Got Bobby?" They're all wonderful.
In an age of . . . political correctness, Jane hears the beat of a different drummer. [She] is an accomplished writer. Her prose is smooth. Her voice is true. Her language is vivid.
Read the entire review on SeacoastNH.com.
Whether the topic is serious (Ken Burns's Civil War series) or lighthearted (shampoo), [Wingate's] humor shines. At an overpriced gourmet restaurant, she deflects pretentiousness by taking obvious notes, turning a waiter from snotty to obsequious when he suspects she's a critic. She's not much impressed with the food either: "My three itty-bitty chops and my husband's tiny tournedos came, both swimming in a brown sauce that looks like the paint remover that I used to strip a table the other week."
See the last part of Becky's column on March 4 in the Concord Monitor for the complete review.
From New Hampshire Magazine's Best of NH 2007, the Editor's Pick for Literary Irony:
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Jane Wingate's essays (which have appeared in our magazine) are imbued with a dreamy naturalism. Her opinions are strong and often curtly delivered. Her humor is organic and unpasteurized and her vision is both horizon-encompassing and flower-petal incisive. This collection of essays is packed with pure Wingate in all its many expressions.
Rick Broussard, Executive Editor
New Hampshire Magazine