With laugh-out-loud funny parenting observations, the New York Times bestselling author and award-winning comedian delivers a book that is perfect for anyone who has ever raised a child, been a child, or refuses to stop acting like one.
In 2016 comedian Mike Birbiglia and poet Jennifer Hope Stein took their fourteen-month-old daughter Oona to the Nantucket Film Festival. When the festival director picked them up at the airport she asked Mike if he would perform at the storytelling night. She said, 'The theme of the stories is jealousy.'
Jen quipped, 'You're jealous of Oona. You should talk about that.'
And so Mike began sharing some of his darkest and funniest thoughts about the decision to have a child. Jen and Mike revealed to each other their sides of what had gone down during Jen's pregnancy and that first year with their child. Over the next couple years, these stories evolved into a Broadway show, and the more Mike performed it the more he heard how it resonated -- not just with parents but also people who resist all kinds of change.
So he pored over his journals, dug deeper, and created this book: The New One: Painfully True Stories From a Reluctant Dad. Along with hilarious and poignant stories he has never shared before, these pages are sprinkled with poetry Jen wrote as she navigated the same rocky shores of new parenthood.
So here it is. This book is an experiment -- sort of like a family.
Mike Birbiglia shares a lifetime of romantic blunders and misunderstandings. On this painfully honest but hilarious journey, Birbiglia struggles to find reason in an area where it may be impossible to find: love.
This is it! Mike Birbiglia s magnum opus Sleepwalk With Me is now on CD. In his theatrical debut, comedian Mike Birbiglia takes the audience on a hysterically funny and intensely personal journey through his struggles with sleepwalking and his reluctance to confront his fears of love, honesty and growing up. Sleepwalk With Me is the rare collision of comedy and theatre that touches your funny bone and tickles your heart.
Birbiglia, one of the nation's most beloved comedians, returns with his second album, this time a collection of his best "My Secret Public Journal" entries. With his unique, low-key nice guy style and self-effacing jokes, he has earned a rabid fan following and his Comedy Central debut "Two Drink Mike" has sold well over 25,000 copies.
Birbiglia is one of the nation's most beloved comedians and one of the fastest emerging headliners packing clubs from coast to coast. With his unique, low-key nice guy style and self-effacing jokes, he's earning a rabid fan following and has sold thousands of his first, self-released CD, Dog Years. Two Drink Mike is even funnier and will be his breakout hit. Comedy Central. 2006.