Why Not Me?
Essays on work, dating, and body image from the Office writer learning to ask for bigger rooms.
2,000-word summary · 9 min read
Tag: essays
34 books with this tag.
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When You Are Engulfed in Flames
In twenty two essays Sedaris tries to quit smoking in Japan, buys a skeleton, fights spiders in Paris, and files dry reports from France on family, country…
2,974-word summary · 13 min read
Naked
Growing up odd in Carolina, working bad jobs, and learning to watch people closely and kindly.
2,020-word summary · 9 min read
We Should All Be Feminists
Adichie turns her 2012 TEDx talk into a short sharp essay on gender, using stories from Lagos and America to argue equality helps everyone.
2,625-word summary · 12 min read
Dress Your Family in Corduroy and Denim
Sedaris on snow days, rental houses, Dutch Christmas, and the family that made him funny.
3,098-word summary · 14 min read
Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
Mindy Kaling recalls Boston childhood, Dartmouth comedy, New York hustle, and The Office writers room.
2,239-word summary · 10 min read
Yes Please
Amy Poehler moves from Boston childhood through UCB and SNL to Parks and Recreation in this 2014 memoir. Funny essays on work, motherhood, divorce, and saying…
2,668-word summary · 12 min read
Me Talk Pretty One Day
Sedaris on French classes, family chaos, and learning to speak badly in two languages.
2,111-word summary · 9 min read
Bossypants
Tina Fey moves from Pennsylvania childhood through improv and SNL to 30 Rock in this funny 2011 memoir. Expect backstage stories, jokes about work and…
2,301-word summary · 10 min read
Harper Lee's To Kill a Mockingbird
Harold Bloom's criticism volume on To Kill a Mockingbird: its essays on censorship, race, regionalism, and Atticus Finch, and how scholars have read Harper…
2,427-word summary · 11 min read