The Resume

(March 12, 1970- )
Books include 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius (2000)' and 'You Shall Know Our Velocity (2003)'
Creator/editor of the literary magazine 'Timothy McSweeney's Quarterly Concern'

Why he might be annoying:

His writings are self-indulgent and smug.
He gave his memoir the less-than-humble title 'A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius.'
He is pretentious and affected.
He tries to talk like Christian Slater.
His 'McSweeney's' magazine publishes some incomprehensible material.

Why he might not be annoying:

Both his parents died of cancer within weeks of each other.
He raised his younger brother on his own.
He has railed against the corporate-controlled state of the publishing industry.
He did a lot to help new writers.
'McSweeney's' also publishes some very good stories.

Credit: Wieland Kalligaro

Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

• Egg Heads
• Entertainment Weekly's 100 Best Books [1983-2008] (Ranked: 15)
• Entertainment Weekly's It List [2000]
• I Gave a TED Talk
• I Married in 2003
• Mental Floss' 25 Most Influential Books of the Past 25 Years [2009] (Ranked: 12)
• Obama for America [2008]
• Profiles 11001-11250 (Ranked: 11068)
• Rolling Stone's 100 People Who Are Changing America [March 2009] (Ranked: 49)
• They Might Be Giants References
• Time Magazine's 100 Most Influential People of 2005 [April 2005]
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2000] (Ranked: 28)
• USA Today Pop Candy's 100 People of the Year [2004] (Ranked: 91)
• Wieland Kalligaro's Profiles [Series 1]

Year In Review:

For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2023, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2022, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2021, Out of 14 Votes: 64.29% Annoying
In 2020, Out of 3 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2019, Out of 4 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2018, Out of 5 Votes: 40.0% Annoying
In 2017, Out of 1 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2016, Out of 2 Votes: 100% Annoying
In 2015, Out of 4 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2014, Out of 13 Votes: 53.85% Annoying
In 2013, Out of 14 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
In 2012, Out of 15 Votes: 53.33% Annoying
In 2011, Out of 17 Votes: 52.94% Annoying
In 2010, Out of 19 Votes: 89.47% Annoying
In 2009, Out of 39 Votes: 69.23% Annoying
In 2008, Out of 56 Votes: 75.00% Annoying
In 2007, Out of 82 Votes: 75.61% Annoying
In 2006, Out of 163 Votes: 71.17% Annoying
In 2005, Out of 350 Votes: 69.43% Annoying
In 2004, Out of 233 Votes: 60.09% Annoying