cover image Enough is Enough: Weekly Meditations for Living Dysfunctionally

Enough is Enough: Weekly Meditations for Living Dysfunctionally

Karen Finley. Poseidon Press, $13.5 (0pp) ISBN 978-0-671-87182-6

``Multimedia artist'' Finley, best known for enraging Jesse Helms with her NEA-funded acts involving yams and chocolate, will enjoy the best sort of revenge if this slyly hilarious lampoon of the self-help and daily meditation genres gains the attention that it deserves. Fifty-two entries instruct post-dysfunctional and recovered readers in such arts as ``Bragging,'' ``Being a Bitch'' and ``Staying in Bed all Day.'' Bizarre, child-like illustrations of people heighten the humor; the punch line is that Finley's advice on these topics is sound. Each entry ends with a hint, tip, example or motto: ``Everything is always more pleasant when we are the center of attention'' (``Self-Centering''); ``Make sure that you still brush your teeth even if you're staying in bed all day.'' This slender volume is a potential point-of-purchase phenomenon. (Oct.)