Better titles for ex-Trump staffers’ memoirs.
Another day, another announcement of a memoir from a former Trump collaborator. This time, it’s Fiona Hill, an ex-advisor who testified in Trump’s impeachment inquiry, whose “views about the future of a polarized America” will be published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt in 2021. I have nothing more to say about these books, other than this: I think that almost across the board, the titles need work. Publishers, if you’re listening, I am available to consult. Here are some examples of my work:
Fiona Hill
Actual title: There Is Nothing for You Here: Opportunity in an Age of Decline
Better title: The Wrong Hill to Die On
Anonymous
Actual title: A Warning
Better title: Guess Who Still Gets Benefits
Omarosa Manigault Newman
Actual title: Unhinged
Better title: Topical Paradise: Adventures in Briefly Rejoining the Discourse
John Bolton
Actual title: The Room Where It Happened
Better title: Say No to This [Explicit]
Cliff Sims
Actual title: Team of Vipers: My 500 Extraordinary Days in the Trump White House
Better title: Snake Goalie: If You Throw an Egg at Me, I Will Eat It
Anthony Scaramucci
Actual title: Trump: The Blue Collar President
Better title: How to Win Friends and Influence Ryan Lizza
Michael Cohen
Actual title: Disloyal: The True Story of Michael Cohen, Former Personal Attorney to President Donald J. Trump
Better title: Girl, Tread Very Fucking Lightly: Stop Committing Perjury About Who You Are So You Can Become Who You Were Meant to Be
Sean Spicer
Actual title: The Briefing: Politics, the Press, and the President
Better title: The Spice Channel: Tales from That One Time I Went to the Emmys
Chris Christie
Actual title: Let Me Finish
Better title: This is an impeccable title, and I have nothing to add.
