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Please Get Amy Dresner’s Chronic Addiction Memoir “My Fair Junkie”

September 19, 2017

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Yes, there are plenty of comedians that have a plethora of infamous stories about addiction that they have worked into very funny, yet harrowing tales.

Even within that subgenre/niche, the life of Amy Dresner is captivating, heartbreaking, and damned hysterical as well. Dresner used to do stand-up that we really loved, which is where she first caught our eye. In transitioning to writing full time, we were hoping a book like My Fair Junkie would come out.

Fortunately, My Fair Junkie is out now and available in hardcover and as an audiobook. Please get it here.

Will Forte and Abbi Jacobson Just Released Their Own Illustrated Books for Adults “101 Things to Definitely Not Do If You Want to Get a Chick” and “Carry This Book”

October 28, 2016

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Brightly shining comedy stars WIll Forte and Abbi Jacobson have each just come out with their own illustrated books that speak their truth in their own specific, unique comedic voice.

For Will, he made very simple, but effective drawings of what not to do if you’re interested in picking up the chicks. He collected many of these drawings from earlier in his career and put them together in 101 Things To Definitely Not Do If You Want To Get a Chick”.

Jacobson highlighted her design acumen in Carry This Book by illustrating what she thinks various celebrities from Beyonce to Trump carry with them on a daily basis. Her brightly colored drawings have plenty of jokes packed in each page not unlike you’d see in the production design of animated series such as The Simpsons or BoJack Horseman.

Both would make for a great holiday gift or just a nice treat to yourself right now.

Jessi Klein Reads ‘Poodle vs. Wolf’ Excerpt from Her New Book “You’ll Grow Out of It”

July 16, 2016

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Odds are that if you’ve enjoyed some of the more talked about comedy on television in recent memory, you’ve enjoyed the work of Jessi Klein. As a writer of both Inside Amy Schumer and Kroll Show, Klein is a formidable voice in comedy.

Knowing that, you might want to get her collection of personal stories gathered together in her new book You’ll Grow Out of It.

Get a sampling of it from this live reading that Jessi recently performed at Refinery 29′s Riot Live.

Billy Eichner To Write First Book Through Grand Central Publishing

July 16, 2014

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(via The Hollywood Reporter)

Billy On The Street’s Billy Eichner is set to write his first book, which, as you might expect, will deal with Hollywood and pop culture. Grand Central Publishing will release the currently untitled book.

What we’re wondering is if there will be certain pages, given Eichner’s penchant for screaming, that will just have exclamation marks.

Dave Hill Address Amazon-Hachette Controversy with Malcolm Gladwell and Dick Cavett

July 7, 2014

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Amazon has been having a dispute with high profile authors from or close to the publishers at Hachette in that Amazon seems to be intentionally slowing the sales of certain book by not taking pre-orders or saying that the book in unavailable when it’s not.

Leave it to comedian/musician/writer/raconteur Dave Hill and a set of toys to explain away the controversy even when he’s confronted by celebrated author Malcolm Gladwell and the legendary Dick Cavett. Watch how Hill handles the situation here.