Boogers Are My Beat is a book containing a collection of articles written by Pulitzer Prize

Pulitzer Prize

The Pulitzer Prize is a U.S. award for achievements in newspaper and online journalism, literature and musical composition. It was established by American publisher Joseph Pulitzer and is administered by Columbia University in New York City...

 winning humor columnist Dave Barry

Dave Barry

David "Dave" Barry is a Pulitzer Prize-winning American author and columnist, who wrote a nationally syndicated humor column for The Miami Herald from 1983 to 2005. He has also written numerous books of humor and parody, as well as comedic novels.-Biography:Barry was born in Armonk, New York,...

. It was originally published by Crown Publishing Group

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 in 2003.

Collecting columns written by Barry spanning the years 1999-2002, featured sections include his coverage of the 2000 Presidential Election

2000 presidential election

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 (particularly its Democratic

Democratic National Convention

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 and Republican

Republican National Convention

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 National Conventions, held in Los Angeles, California

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 and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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, respectively, that year.

Also included are two feature, non-humor columns regarding the September 11, 2001 terror attacks. The first describes his emotions of despair and anger in the days following the disaster, with the second acting as a follow-up to the fate of United Flight 93 almost a full year following the events.