Into the Gross
Girls Gone Mild
Hung Up!
Late-1900s Time Capsule
Love and Marriage
Are You Familiar with My Work?
Hysterical!
Lesbian Bed Death
Body Negativity
Country Crock
A Guide to Simple Home Repairs
We Almost Got a Fucking Dog
Detachment Parenting
Season 1, Episode 1
Hollywood Summer
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Hello, 911?
An Extremely Specific Guide to Publishing a Book
Acknowledgments
SAMANTHA IRBY is a writer whose work you can find on the internet.
A Most Anticipated Book according to:
*Elle * Oprah Magazine * Vulture * New York Times * PureWow * AV
CLub * Time Magazine * Entertainment Weekly * PureWow * Buzzfeed *
The Observer * Bustle * Huffington Post * The Millions * Parade *
Electric Literature * Bustle * Lithub * BookRiot * Bitch *
Washington Independent * The Rumpus * and more *
“As fitting a response to 2020 as I can imagine... Wildly,
seditiously funny.... Read Irby because she knows what it means to
live with a fair amount of panic and largely indoors.... She
might be our great bard of quarantine—with an unimpeachable daytime
pajama look.... This is her voice: deadpan, confiding,
companionable.... [Her] three collections, which span a decade,
ought to be read together, with this latest as a coda, striking its
valedictory note.”
—Parul Sehgal, The New York Times
“Samantha Irby’s Wow, No Thank You is a gift that everyone should
give themselves and each other. She writes with such wisdom about
our culture and such honesty about herself. And nobody—but
nobody—is funnier. Every time I read Irby, I feel freer.”
—Glennon Doyle, Hello Sunshine
“America’s most talented comic writer.”
—The New Republic
“Hilarious, fascinating.”
—Gretchen Rubin
“Funny and sharp—it’s a frighteningly precise look at the cultural
landscape. I can only read one essay at a time—not just because I’m
distracted, but so as to savour Irby’s wit and wisdom.”
—Candice Carty-Williams, The Guardian
“There is no greater truth teller out there these days than
Samantha Irby.”
—The Advocate, Women of the Year
"Irby is still just one of the funniest writers out there; this is
her new essay collection. There's a line where she's at the club
and someone confuses her for Roxane Gay, and I was just laughing so
hard that I was having trouble breathing."
—Kevin Nguyen, Buzzfeed, 15 Great New Books
“Samantha Irby has an ideal comic voice for this particular moment
in time: a little casual, fairly raunchy and always hilarious. Her
musings on everything from marriage to bodily functions are
eminently digestible even when the food she chooses to eat is
not.”
—Wall Street Journal
“Wow, No Thank You, is a spicy cocktail that will intoxicate
readers—a few fingers of Dorothy Parker and a splash of comedian
Wanda Sykes, as bracing and delicious as a cosmopolitan.... If
zingers were money, [Irby]’d be a zillionaire.... A pop-culture
pleasure of the moment, suitable for tucking in a time capsule as
the world hurtles into an uncertain future.”
—The Nashville Scene
“The wit is accompanied by wisdom throughout; and, in a plague
year, there’s added resonance to Samantha’s themes of making peace
with the body and how not to feel alone.”
—LA Review of Books
“I have been laughing so hard, I pee. This is the funniest book
ever written.”
—Maggie, The Book Slut
“Honestly it feels like Samantha Irby’s latest collection of essays
arrived just in time so that we can distract and soothe ourselves
with side-splitting laughter.”
—Autostraddle, Queer Comfort Reads for Tough Times
“As if we needed more incentive to read something new from Samantha
Irby.”
—Writer’s Bone
“Not every book can make you laugh out loud, but [Irby’s] book does
it easily, and with a self-deprecating flow.”
—New City Lit
“Her unapologetic embrace of all caps and jokes that are so
hilarious and also so true...will make you wish you were
friends.”
—Bustle
“If there’s one book/movie/TV show/anything I’d recommend to anyone
right now, it’s that, a body-shaking funny gem that I’ve already
devoured more than once.”
—Michael Pina, SB Nation
“Wow, No Thank You proves that [Irby] is America’s greatest living
humorist.”
—Damon Young, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
“One of our funniest essayists.... [Irby’s] writing is a
master class in self-deprecation and occasional imposter
syndrome.... The beauty of the personal essay is the escape it
offers into someone else’s soul, and Irby happily makes room for
any and all who wish to come on in.”
—Paste Magazine
“The incomparable Samantha Irby offers yet another laugh-out-loud
masterpiece.... The perfect read at a time when we all could
use a little comic relief.”
—AP
“An irreverent, hilarious, and vulnerable dive into the author’s
brain.... For all of Irby’s wit, depression over debts, and social
awkwardness, there is a deep resounding warmth in her essays, too.
A hard-won empathy, a stubborn acceptance of self that invites us
to join her and revel in the chaos.”
—Interview
“It’s deeply improbable that an essay about making new friends is
so delightful right now, but that’s just a testament to how wildly
brilliant Sam is.”
—Jenna Wortham
“Samantha Irby has written the perfect book for this moment....
Irby can never make fun of herself enough, which is good news for
us: Her misery makes for great company. She might be the funniest
essayist around right now.”
—EW.com
“Features more raw, LOL-y real-life stories that have become the
writer’s trademark. Whether she’s talking about getting her period
for the first time (traumatic!) or working in Hollywood, Irby
brings light to literally everything.”
—Cosmopolitan
“While there is currently no cure for COVID-19, Samantha
Irby is the antidote we all need right now. Irby has been
providing relief in the form of laughter since Meaty..... The
master of oscillating between heart and humor does not disappoint
in her latest magnum opus.”
—Paper
“Her comedic antics make for the perfect escape.”
—Danielle Valente, Time Out
“Irby’s hilarious collection of essays takes stock of midlife and
the bourgeois dream.... Her acerbic perspective is no less raw or
raunchy than it was before domestic bliss and fame came
calling.”
—The Observer, *Spring’s Best Books*
“Not fucking around when it comes to the trials and tribulations of
aging and also merely existing in a human body. Irby is
self-deprecating humor’s overlord.... Throughout the book,
Irby explores contradictions and contrasts. The mess of it all
isn’t meant to be repulsive; it’s meant to be real.... For all its
sardonic musings, it’s quite a delight to read, and a quick one,
too. Irby makes discomfort hilarious.”
—Autostraddle
“Samantha Irby is stay-up-all-night, miss-your-subway-stop,
spit-out-your-beverage funny; she’s the king of sparkling
misanthropy and tender, loving dread. I await her books like I
await the sweet release of sleep each evening. As always, Irby’s
writing is as irresistible as a snack tray, as intimately
pleasurable as an Irish goodbye.”
—Jia Tolentino
“The only writer who can make me laugh with abandon in public,
Samantha Irby follows her breakout collection We Are Never Meeting
in Real Life with high-speed treatises on everything from
relentless menstruation to ‘raising’ her stepchildren and
the stress of making friends in adulthood. Her signature
irreverence is intact, of course, but it can't mask the heart she
leaves bleeding on the page.”
—Julia Kosin, Elle, *Best Books of 2020*
“A breakthrough voice of the previous decade, Sam Irby is poised to
reign in the 2020s. Her takes on the absurdities of everyday life
means that she can write about reality TV, poop, frittatas, and
mental-health meds with equal aplomb.... It’s been a joy to watch
her build the strange confidence that comes from being comfortable
with her own insecurity, a feat that few writers get to
achieve.”
—Maris Kreizman, Vulture, *Books We Can’t Wait to Read in 2020*
“Irby, the hilarious author of Meaty and We Are Never
Meeting in Real Life, is bitterly funny on the peculiarities of
aging, marriage and life in the Midwest.”
—The New York Times, *New Books to Watch for in March*
“You may have fallen in love with Samantha Irby through one of her
memoirs. Or her essays. Or her blog. Get ready to embarrass
yourself on the subway by laughing out loud, because Samantha Irby
is back with another essay collection. Wow, No Thank
You is a hilarious, no-holds-barred, look at life that will
have you shaking your head in agreement.”
—PopSugar, *Best New Books of Spring*
“Think of the full-disclosure, tell-all convos you have with your
closest friends, typed up and presented to the world in book-form.
Personally, I could never—but I’m counting down the days until I
can read this.”
—StyleCaster, *Best Books of 2020*
“[Samantha Irby] is my favorite author, and I’m obsessed with her.
She just the funniest observer of life.”
—Lindy West, Seattle Times
“No one utilizes hyperbole quite like three-time author Samantha
Irby, who can make the most microscopic of indignities feel like
atrocities and turn the smallest of details about her favorite show
or song into resonant revelations.... To laugh at Irby’s retelling
of her move to Michigan or a middle-aged girls’ night out is to
laugh off our own fears of change; to worry about her place in a
blue town in a red state is to consider a larger clash of
cultures. You might never meet her in real life, but reading
Wow, No Thank You. provides the most extensive look at Irby’s life
yet.”
—A.V. Club, *New Books to Read in March*
“Whether she’s writing about living with her wife in a small
midwestern town or her relationship with her body, Irby isn’t
afraid to get candid and share her own insecurities. In doing so,
she crafts smart takes on popular social trends, poking fun at how
they are changing the way we think and live.”
—Time Magazine, *Best Books of March 2020*
“Samantha Irby is back! After writing one of the best TV episodes
of 2019 and giving us one of the funniest newsletters, which is
currently running daily satirical episodes of Judge Mathis, Irby is
dropping the mic again with Wow, No Thank You.... In the incredibly
witty way that only she can, Irby offers up small glimpses of
in her life since becoming a household name with a hive that’s
willing to defend her honor at all costs.”
—Bitch Magazine, *Most Anticipated of 2020*
“More humorous life reflections from a seasoned raconteur.... A lot
of the best anecdotal material springs forth from the more
embarrassing and cringeworthy moments of the author’s life....
There’s lots to chuckle at here, as Irby remains a winning,
personality-driven, self-deprecating essayist.”
—Kirkus Reviews
“Samantha Irby’s third essay collection shows that, like the most
expensive cheese, she only gets better with time.... The essays
here vibrate with humor and relatability (sorry for using that
word), and will be embraced with open arms by the many fans of her
work (and hopefully by those who haven’t discovered her yet, if
there are such people).”
—Lit Hub, *Most Anticipated Books by LGBTW Authors*
“To call Irby, the author of We Are Never Meeting in Real
Life, one of our culture's most hilariously scathing
critics is to partially cover over the fact that a frequent
target of her ire is indeed herself. The self-deprecating essayist
has singular ability to examine the more cringeworthy aspects
of her own life to suggest that modern womanhood has more grit than
glamour. Now middle-aged and married, Irby waxes hysterical about
everything from the pain of being in public without a smartphone to
‘lesbian bed death.’”
—OprahMag.com, *LGBTQ Books to Read in 2020*
“Samantha Irby may be spending more time in LA, but she's still the
same old ‘cheese fry-eating slightly damp Midwest
person.’ (Her words, not ours.) This much is clear in her
riotous new book of bad dates, worse food experiences, and general
befuddlement at the world.”
—Entertainment Weekly, *Most Anticipated Books of 2020*
“Irby is still the same bawdy, honest,
self-deprecating writer. In her latest collection of essays,
she walks us through topics as disparate as her beauty routine (“I
just wash the parts of my body that stink, which means—now hold on
to your butts—that I don’t always wash my legs.”) to getting a
hysterectomy.”
—Buzzfeed, *Most Anticipated Books of 2020*
“If you’ve never heard or read anything by Irby, do yourself a
favor and head straight to Google.... Her essays are so relatable,
they’re healing”
—Washington Independent Review of Books, *Most Anticipated Books of
2020*
“These essays from the bestselling Irby come with an irresistible
endorsement from Jia Tolentino, who says there is “truly no one
like Samantha Irby for making you actually choke (on poop jokes)
laughing out loud.”
—R.O. Kwon, Electric Literature, *Books by Women and Nonbinary
Writers of Color to Read in 2020*
“Samantha Irby is one of my favorite writers of all time. Her essay
collections always make me laugh until I cry, and some of the more
emotional moments make me cry until I laugh.”
—Susie Dumond, Book Riot, *Most Anticipated LGBTQ Books of
2020*
“A laugh. A fart. A snort. Or some combination thereof. Be prepared
to totally lose control of the noises that come out of your body
while reading the latest essay collection from humor writer
Samantha Irby.”
—Bustle, *Most Anticipated Books of 2020*
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