Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and Canceled

by Jon Friedman

Besides being born and dying, the most common human experience is being rejected-dissed, dumped on, or downsized-by lovers, parents, and employers. Now here's a hilarious collection of rejection... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0345500962
• ISBN13: 9780345500960
• Release Date: January 2009
• Publisher: Villard Books
• Length: 252 Pages
• Weight: 0.44 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.3" x 8.0"

Customer Reviews

Living with Rejection

Friedman, Jon. "Rejected: Tales of the Failed, Dumped, and the Canceled", Villard, 2009. Living with Rejection Amos Lassen Rejection is something that is universally hated and in this anthology, Jon Friedman, gives us short essays about either coping with it or not. To get into the anthology every author had to submit something that had been rejected at least once and even with that, the entries are amazingly good and quite remarkable. Birth and death are two givens today and Freidman thinks that rejection is a good third and he includes some of the world's funniest comic writers to tell us their rejection stories. Being rejected is not really funny but Friedman manages to make it so. We live in a world where we, the rejected, should be demanding equal rights. This is a book that is great when you need a pick-up. It is a very funny look at writing for television, etc. The book will keep you laughing (it is ok to laugh at someone else's rejection). The book is total entertainment and it simply cries out to be read.

Great read!

Really enjoyed this book- fun to read about other peoples failures. Highly recommend it!

Rejections Gone Wrong (or Is It Right?)

Even though my own work was rejected from Rejected (ahem), this is a hilarious look behind the scenes of the writing and comedic life, ranging from Wendy Spero's perfectly hilarious story of getting (and keeping) internships at Letterman and Conan to Sara Schaefer's tale of heartbreak. In some ways, the lead-ins about how and why the pieces got rejected are just as valuable as the stories themselves. Some are a bit too self-indulgent (the dissection of hate mail), while some are the kind you wish you'd have written to a total loser date (see Mike Albo's scathing takedown of one of his own dates). Others are stories you're sure the original editor is kicking themselves for not having included. Adrienne Frost's stalking tale is also among the highlights, and anyone who's contemplated doing anything to meet their biggest idol, will want to check it out. Friedman's introduction, and the overall spirit of the book--one of recognizing that one rejection does not mean rejection forever--is one any writer needs to acknowledge if they are going to make a career out of it.

Uplifted by Rejection

I LOVED this book. There was so much I could relate to and somehow found the experience of reading it to be uplifting, encouraging and so very funny. I heartily recommend Rejected to anyone who has been turned down, cast aside, brokenhearted or enjoys a good laugh. It was unique and terrific...but it NOW!

Awesome book!

Loaded with fun great stories! Great variety too. If you buy it and don't like it you can personally reject it and return it! But you won't. It's a great read...