Halpern, Justin

Summary: Tuesdays with Morrie meets F My Life in this hilarious coming-of-age book about a son's relationship with his foul-mouthed father by the 29-year-old comedy writer who created the massively popular Twitter feed of the same name.

Format: sound recording-nonmusical

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2010

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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 818.6 HAL

Summary: Anna David's True Tales of Lust and Love began as a one-time-only reading and storytelling show in January of 2012, a venue for writers and comedians to share and laugh at their dating disaster stories. But after selling out the venue and attracting immediate press and buzz with articles in The LA Weekly, LA Times, Time Out, Flavorpill, and LAist, among others, David agreed to produce the show...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Soft Skull Press, an imprint of Counterpoint 2014

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 306.7 TRU

Bark, Sandra.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Design 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.602 BAR

Summary: For the past year, a group of high school students met at a publishing house in San Francisco every Monday night to read literary magazines, chapbooks, graphic novels, and countless articles. This committee was assisted by a group of students that met in the basement of a robot shop in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Together, and under the guidance of guest editor Adam Johnson, these high schoolers...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2015

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 BES

Summary: Guest editor Rachel Kushner, author of The Flamethrowers, works with a group of high school students out of 826 San Francisco to select The Best American Nonrequired Reading 2015. The BANR Committee gathers weekly in the basement of a small publishing house in San Francisco to read literary magazines, chapbooks, graphic novels, blogs, transcripts, and anything else that strikes their fancy....

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt 2016

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 BES

Thomas, Marlo.

Summary: The award-winning actress shares her funny and heartwarming stories of a life filled with laughter. Woven throughout the book are her interviews with many beloved American comedians about how they, too, found the funny in their lives.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Hyperion 2010

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 THOMAS, MARLO THO

Halpern, Justin.

Summary: Tuesdays with Morrie meets F My Life in this hilarious coming-of-age book about a son's relationship with his foul-mouthed father by the 29-year-old comedy writer who created the massively popular Twitter feed of the same name.

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: ItBooks 2010

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: 818 HAL

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 818.6 HAL

Irby, Samantha

Summary: "Beloved writer Samantha Irby has returned to the printed page for her much-anticipated, sidesplitting fourth book following her 2020 breakout, Wow, no thank you, a Vintage Books Original. The success of Irby's career has taken her to new heights. She fields calls with job offers from Hollywood and walks the red carpet with the iconic ladies of Sex and the City. Finally, she has made it. But,...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Vintage Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023

Copies Available at Woodmere

5 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 IRB

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 814 IRB