Samantha Irby

Monday, April 7 at 7PM

Hosted by Dakota County Library

Virtual Event

Samantha Irby is a comedian and a New York Times bestselling essayist and memoirist. Her fresh, honest brand of humor first came to the attention of readers through her immensely popular blog Bitches Gotta Eat. Irby’s first essay collection, Meaty, adapted and expanded her most popular blog entries – and added some new ones, to boot. Topics truly run the gamut: from personal reflections on the author’s failed relationships and on being black in America, to a ribald take on her struggles with Crohn’s disease, to an ode to tacos. Irby’s follow-ups, We Are Never Meeting In Real Life (2017) and Lambda Literary Award winner Wow, No Thank You (2020), cemented her reputation as a comedic voice like no other. Irby’s latest collection is Quietly Hostile (2023). In the words of Chicago Reader, “the Midwest’s most loveable misanthrope triumphantly returns” with essays that are equal parts raw and sidesplitting. Subjects range from her childhood traumas and adulthood anxieties to pop culture obsessions and her own failed TV pilot.