Joel Stein Writes Memoir In A Day To Compete With Sarah Palin

TIME's Joel Stein was so inspired by Sarah Palin's quickie memoir turnaround that he wrote one of his own — in a day.

"When I heard that Sarah Palin wrote her upcoming 400-page autobiography, Going Rogue: An American Life, in four months, I thought, What took her so long?" Stein writes in next week's issue of TIME. "To prove that introspection doesn't need to be time-consuming, I decided to try to write my memoir in one day."

Because Palin wrote hers with Lynn Vincent, Stein chose Neil Strauss — who co-wrote memoirs with Marilyn Manson, Motley Crue, Dave Navarro and Jenna Jameson — to assist him in writing Rogue Journalist: An Even More American Life.

Download the 49-page memoir here or read it below, embedded via DocStoc:

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Comments

[IDIOTA]

The mullet reference confused me, and I thought I was reading about Sarah's mullet and, hence, her biography. But when you started using words absent from Sarah's idiolect, then I was back on track. It was a little exciting imagining Sarah dating girls.

I like your voice.

[madisonhack]

Read this book during coffee break.

[SharpDressedMan]

Satire is alive and well.

[Skyhawk]

"Rogue Post" Take that Sarah!

[ImissBush]

the future of journalism

[GoDems2012]

OMG...this is great.

[AllShookUp]

Two thumbs up! :-))

[RevBookburn]

I want 10 copies! Free advertizing on our show for this book! Rev. Bookburn - Radio Volta

[ForVivi]

I like your direct style. Wasn't planning on reading the whole thing but I did and found it just long enough. thank you for the comedy and life lessons!

[kylennblack]

I bet Joel's is better written and he didn't quit halfway through!

[HudsonGal]

Joel, I am sure your son will forgive you for being 'unpresent' for those hours of his life. Great writing, thanks for the laughs today.

[oceanofconsciousness]

Too late Joel. Sarah was just awarded the Dumbbell Piece Prize.

[demimckingwoodtx]

LOL!

[mcmutter]

Mock Sarah every chance you get. It feeds the soul of sane people.

[kareemachan]

Yes it does - we need a little humor in our lives right now. God bless Palin for providing it for us!

[Rebecca]

Very clever.

[deosil]

I hope he makes a bundle! VERY funny!

Sarah Palin/Tonya Harding 2012!

[Dan Mirvish - Huffpost Blogger]

Joel's memoir may be "even more American life" than Palin's, but I hear that Martin Eisenstadt's upcoming memoir is "twice as Rogue-y" as Palin's. And with more pages. But still, for a one day job, it's nicely done.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/dan-mirvish/sarah-palin-book-thats-tw_b_303500.html

[billkarwin]

I'll see your roguishness and raise you a scamp and a rascal!