The Worst of Broke-Ass Stuart

<p>For over two decades writer rabble-rouser and bon vivant Stuart Schuffman (aka Broke-Ass Stuart) has been chronicling life in San Francisco with grit wit and an open bar tab. Part memoir part cultural archive The Worst of Broke-Ass Stuart brings together twenty years of stories about scraping by speaking up and falling in and out of love with the most beautifully heartwarming and heartbreaking place in America. With delectable accounts of modern life in a big city Schuffman's writing harkens back to greats like Herb Caen and Jimmy Breslin a true champion of the working-class citizen. His weekly column Broke-Ass City appeared in the San Francisco Examiner for over 6 years.</p><p></p><p>From late-night Muni rides to early morning hangovers protest marches to dive bars political takedowns to poetic goodbyes this collection features Stuart's most infamous beloved iconic and occasionally ill-advised work. It also chronicles his weird and wonderful escapades such as running for Mayor of San Francisco and garnering over 20000 votes traveling the world on someone else's dime and hosting his own TV show on IFC. These essays ruminations and poems many of which originally appeared in the San Francisco Examiner Lonely Planet SFGate and more paint a portrait of a city that's constantly changing yet somehow always home.</p><p></p><p>If you've ever waited tables cried in a dive bar danced in weird costumes in the street tried to pay rent in drink tickets or been in love with a city that might not love you back this is your book.</p>