Little Weirds

“slate can hold so much bigness and overwhelm and discuss feeling pulled under but never drowned. sometimes i feel like my massive well of joie de vivre (a gift from god!) and my crazy prey animal anxieties are incompatible but little weirds reassures me over and over that is not true”

“Reading this book is up there as one of my favorite book experiences and I wish I could bottle up that first time feeling just to feel it again. I love Jenny's writing and humor and have a visceral memory of starting the "I Was Born: About to Bust" chapter and thinking wow, me too, me too and it turns out we share a birthday (March 25) and nothing could have been a better surprise than resonating and lighting up word-for-word the way I did reading her Jenny-prose-poetry-style description of what the world was like when she was born and arriving to her mentioning the date only to find out it was, in fact, the exact same day I was born. Magical! Anyway, there are a thousand other reasons to read this book if your birthday isn't March 25. It really is poetic and playful and curious and hilarious.”

“i didn't connect with it when i first read it but revisited it during a deeply transitional period of my life and you know what... yeah”

“Adored this book and need to reread!”

“Plus her newer book Lifeforms. She makes me laugh and feel seen and hearing her read the audiobook versions feels like being delighted by your dearest, wittiest, warmest best friend.”

“memoir via essays as evidence that life is silly, magical, difficult and wonderful. a reminder to pay attention in a world that makes it frictionless to spend it.”

“In terms of “comedian memoirs” this one blows most out of the water. It’s not just funny, or well written for an actor- it’s a truly beautiful collection with a fascinating structure. It’s deeply personal without being too story oriented.”