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Unreliable narrator : me, myself, and impostor syndrome / Aparna Nancherla.
"A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring imposter syndrome, from the inside and out, by the most successful fraud in comedy. Aparna Nancherla is a superstar comedian on the rise--a darling of Netflix and Comedy Central's comedy special lineups, a headliner at comedy shows and music festivals, a frequenter of late night television and the subject of numerous profiles, all while co-hosting a regularly sold-out comedy show. She's also a successful actor who has written a barrage of thoughtful essays published by the likes of the New York Times. If you ask her, though, she's a total fraud. She'd hate to admit it, but no one does imposter syndrome quite like Aparna Nancherla"-- Provided by publisher.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781984879806 (hardcover)
- Physical Description: 289 pages ; 24 cm
- Publisher: New York : Viking, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Formatted Contents Note: | Now that I have you here -- Be free, you wrinkly ghost! -- Failure resume -- Inside voice -- Confessions: antisocial skills -- Being well -- Confessions: the body electric -- To do or not to do -- A night in the life of revenge bedtime procrastination (RBP) -- The agreeability industrial complex -- Don't get mad, get even ... more mad -- Confessions: it's not personal(ity) -- Ha!ku -- Anxiety in tree acts -- Confessions: survival skills -- Unboxing my real life rom-com -- No comment -- Confessions: the brains of the bunch -- Talking about nothing -- Distant dispatches from the land of virtual interaction -- Standing up on my own terms -- Imagined reviews for, ahem, this book -- I tried : an epilogue. |
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| Subject: | Nancherla, Aparna. Actresses > United States > Biography. Women comedians > United States > Biography. |
| Genre: | Biographies. Autobiographies. Essays. Personal narratives. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Tsuga Consortium.
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- Baker & Taylor
"A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring imposter syndrome, from the inside and out, by the most successful fraud in comedy Aparna Nancherla is a superstar comedian on the rise-a darling of Netflix and Comedy Central's comedy special lineups, a headliner at comedy shows and music festivals, a frequenter of late night television and the subject of numerous profiles, all while co-hosting a regularly sold-out comedy show. She's also a successful actor who has written a barrage of thoughtful essays published by the likes of the New York Times. If you ask her, though, she's a total fraud. She'd hate to admit it, but no one does imposter syndrome quite like Aparna Nancherla"-- - Baker & Taylor
In this incredibly insightful collection of essays, a comedian, using her trademark humor, illuminates an interior life, one constantly bossed around by her depression and laced with anxiety, while discussing such hot-button issues as body image, productivity culture and the ultra-meme-ability of mental health language. Illustrations. - Penguin Putnam
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âA deeply honest and funny look at how exhausting it can be to live a human life, Unreliable Narrator is a book for anyone who wants to laugh and feel less alone.ââAmy Poehler Â
A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring impostor syndrome, from the inside and out, by the most successful fraud in comedy
Aparna Nancherla is a superstar comedian on the riseâa darling of Netflix and Comedy Centralâs comedy special lineups, a headliner at comedy shows and music festivals, a frequenter of late night television and the subject of numerous profiles. Sheâs also a successful actor who has written a barrage of thoughtful essays published by the likes of the New York Times. If you ask her, though, sheâs a total fraud. Sheâd hate to admit it, but no one does impostor syndrome quite like Aparna Nancherla.
UNRELIABLE NARRATOR is a collection of essays that uses Aparnaâs signature humor to illuminate an interior life, one constantly bossed around by her depression (whom she calls Brenda), laced with anxiety like a horror movie full of jump-scares, and plagued by an unrepenting love-hate relationship with her career as a painfully shy standup comedian. But luckily, crippling self-doubt comes with the gift of keen self-examination. These essays deliver hilarious and incredibly insightful meditations on body image, productivity culture, the ultra-meme-ability of mental health language, and who, exactly, gets to make art âabout nothing.â Despite her own arguments to the contrary, UNRELIABLE NARRATOR is undeniable proof that Aparna is a forceâas a comedian and author alikeâto be reckoned with.
