Posts tagged “samantha irby”

  1. Previously in this series: If Daniel Radcliffe were your boyfriend.

    If Forest Whitaker were your boyfriend he would order your latte using the dumb Starbucks lingo even though you know he would much rather have gone to the tiny independent coffee shop ten minutes out of the way rather than embarrassing you by arguing with the barista over the word “medium.”

    If Forest Whitaker were your boyfriend he would let

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  2. If you are not familiar with the Emily Books Book Club, or simply have that condition where you struggle to form short-term memories, you may click here. Maybe you already did! This month, Emily and I read and discussed Samantha Irby’s Meaty, which you can learn more about purchasing here. And I strongly suggest you do, but first, the sloppy Gchat. Emily: MEATTTTYYYYYY Nicole: Oh, God, I laughed a...tremendous amount. But then,…

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  3. If you are not familiar with the Emily Books Book Club, or simply have that condition where you struggle to form short-term memories, you may click here. Maybe you already did! I was DELIGHTED to hear that the newest offering from Emily Books was Samantha Irby's brilliant collection, Meaty, having read and enjoyed it earlier this summer. Nothing reminds you of grade school like being able to say "Ah, of course.

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  4. Previous installments of "This Week in Reading" can be found here. Most recently: French Women. I had a particularly good week reading things, so let's start with my favourite thing: recommending a debut volume by a female author. I never get to do that, because I almost always read new things after they've been out for ages and ages and then no one wants to discuss them with me any more. Samantha Irby.

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