7 Standup Comedy Memoirs That Will Make You Laugh And Cry

Writers of literary fiction are supposed to disdain celebrity memoirs. They’re sucking up all the big advances and lowering the bar of what’s supposed to be Literature, right? But I’ve got a dirty reading secret. I love celebrity memoirs, particularly by standup comedians (and not just because I was doing research for No Good Very […] The post 7 Standup Comedy Memoirs That Will Make You Laugh And Cry appeared first on Electric Literature. Continue reading at 'Electric Literature'

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