Author(s): Samantha Irby

Essays, Language & Writing | Staff Reviews

Staring down the barrel of her fortieth year, Samantha Irby is confronting the ways her life has changed since the days she could work a full 11 hour shift on 4 hours of sleep, change her shoes and put mascara on in the back of a moving cab and go from drinks to dinner to the club without a second thought. Recently, things are more 'Girls Gone Mild.' In Wow, No Thank You Irby discusses the actual nightmare of living in a rural idyll, weighs in on body negativity (loving yourself is a full-time job with shitty benefits) and poses the essential question: Sure sex is fun but have you ever googled a popular meme?

STAFF REVIEW

Samantha Irby is hilarious. 

She is a fantastic essayist who examines her life with such warmth and humour, and she isn't afraid to cover the uncomfortable parts of living (emphasis on scatalogical humour!), which makes her writing all the more honest and fun.

All of her books are worth reading—and you'll absolutely laugh at her wit and dark sense of humour. I love this woman! Her Instagram is also worth a follow...

—Lily from Brunswick Street Bookstore