Gmorning, Gnight!: Little Pep Talks for Me & You Hardcover – October 16, 2018 by Lin-Manuel Miranda

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Author: Miranda Lin-Manuel

Brand: Random House

Color: White

Edition: First Edition

Package Dimensions: 28x192x320

Number Of Pages: 224

Release Date: 16-10-2018

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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the creator and star of Hamilton and In the Heights, with beautiful illustrations by Jonny Sun, comes a book of affirmations to inspire readers at the beginning and end of each day.

“When the world is bringing you down, Gmorning, Gnight! will remind you that you are awesome.”—Booklist

Good morning. Do NOT get stuck in the comments section of life today. Make, do, create the things. Let others tussle it out. Vamos!

Before he inspired the world with
Hamilton and was catapulted to international fame, Lin-Manuel Miranda was inspiring his Twitter followers with words of encouragement at the beginning and end of each day. He wrote these original sayings, aphorisms, and poetry for himself as much as for others. But as Miranda’s audience grew, these messages took on a life on their own. Now Miranda has gathered the best of his daily greetings into a beautiful collection illustrated by acclaimed artist (and fellow Twitter favorite) Jonny Sun. Full of comfort and motivation,
Gmorning, Gnight! is a touchstone for anyone who needs a quick lift.
From School Library Journal
Have trouble getting out of bed in the morning? The relatable and inspiring words in award-winning composer and playwright Miranda’s book might infuse a little positivity into your a.m. routine. This volume contains a little more than 200 pages of concise pieces of advice with which to start or end the day. Readers can tear through this book in a single sitting or digest it slowly-they may wish to savor the volume by reading a single “pep talk” in the morning and one at night. Miranda’s words, accompanied by Sun’s comforting, spare black-and-white illustrations, warrant reexamining. The writing evokes the language of mindfulness, with lines like: “Give that maelstrom in your head a place to land.” VERDICT For those who enjoy self-help and psychology texts and meditation books. The brief, meaningful pep talks are lyrical vignettes and may appeal to poetry readers as well.-Emily ­Butler, Deerfield Academy, MAα(c) Copyright 2011. Library Journals LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of Media Source, Inc. No redistribution permitted.
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“When the world is bringing you down,
Gmorning, Gnight! will remind you that you are awesome.”
—Booklist
About the Author
Lin-Manuel Miranda is an award-winning composer, lyricist, and performer, as well as the recipient of a 2015 MacArthur Foundation Award. His musical
Hamilton won the 2016 Pulitzer Prize for Drama and earned a record-breaking sixteen Tony nominations, winning eleven Tony Awards. Miranda’s first Broadway musical,
In the Heights, received four 2008 Tony Awards. He contributed music, lyrics, and vocals to several songs in Disney’s
Moana, earning him an Oscar nomination and a Grammy Award for the original song “How Far I’ll Go.” He stars alongside Emily Blunt in Disney’s
Mary Poppins Returns. Miranda lives in New York City with his wife, sons, and dog.

Jonny Sun is the author and illustrator of
everyone’s a aliebn when ur a aliebn too. Named one of
Time’s 25 Most Influential People on the Internet in 2017, Sun is currently a doctoral candidate at MIT, an affiliate at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet and Society at Harvard University, and a creative researcher at the Harvard metaLAB. His art and illustrations have been exhibited at MIT, the Yale School of Architecture, and Artspace New Haven. His comedic work has appeared on NPR and in
Time,
BuzzFeed, GQ, and
McSweeney’s, and he has been profiled in
The
New York Times
Magazine.
Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved.
Good morning, he said.
Be at home in your head.
Make sure joy is well fed.
Don’t let dread hog the bed.

Good night now, and rest.
Today was a test.
You passed it, you’re past it.
Now breathe till unstressed.

Good morning, stunner.
You’re just getting started.
Your age doesn’t matter.
The sun is up, the day is new.
You’re just get