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John Lithgow has always had a studious quality to him, whether he’s perfecting a foreign accent (as Winston Churchill on Netflix’s The Crown) or playing an alien physics professor on 3rd Rock From the Sun. So it’s no surprise that the award-winning thespian of stage and screen has written a new book of poetry titled Dumpty: The Age of Trump in Verse.
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As you can imagine from the title, the book of limericks (coming October 29, 2019) focuses on POTUS 45. “They’re comic, doggerel, satirical poems,” Lithgow revealed to host Stephen Colbert on a recent The Late Show appearance. “I’m sort of a reckless rhymester.”
Lithgow isn’t the first nor the last actor to write a book. Here are some of the latest actors/performers turned authors.
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Actor Authors
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'Grateful American: A Journey from Self to Service' by Gary Sinese
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'Dear Girls: Intimate Tales, Untold Secrets, and Advice for Living Your Best Life' by Ali Wong
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'Mentors: How to Help and Be Helped' by Rusell Brand
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'Howard Stern Comes Again' by Howard Stern
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'The Actor's Life: A Survival Guide' by Jenna Fischer
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'Too Much Is Not Enough: A Memoir of Fumbling Toward Adulthood' by Andrew Rannells
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'Buseyisms: Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth' by Gary Busey