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Bull Garlington is an award-winning columnist and author from Chicago. His latest book is the hilarious travel memoir, The Full English.

His previous book, Death by Children, was a 2013 book of the year finalist for the Midwest Publishers Association, and 2013 Humor Book of the Year by the prestigious industry standard, ForeWard Reviews. Garlington’s features have appeared in newspapers and magazines across the nation since 1989; he won the Parenting Media Association’s Gold Award for best humor column in 2013, and the Silver Award for best humor article in 2012, and the bronze in 2010. He is co-author of the popular foodie compendium, The Beat Cop’s Guide to Chicago Eats.

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	Death by Children!: I Had Kids So You Don't Have To by Bull Garlington (Goodreads Author), Christopher "Bull" Garlington (Goodreads Author) 4.75 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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So I have these posters for my new book and whenever I get press, I send them to the bookstores in the circulation area of whatever newspaper has written about me. I put them into square tube boxes that are way to big around and way too long for the posters which makes them awkward as hell. I loaded them up last night to drop off at the USPS this morning, jumped into my car, drove to the gym, came Read more of this blog post »

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