Ep. 106 Samantha Irby//Wow, No Thank You
The Stacks
Traci Thomas
4.8 • 1.8K Ratings
🗓️ 8 April 2020
⏱️ 65 minutes
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Summary
Wow, No Thank You is the most recent essay collection from the hilarious and charming Samantha Irby. We talk today with Samantha about her new book, how she pitches her collections, and what sort of mood she strikes when she sits down to writes (its not what you think). This episode, like Irby's writing, is sure to make you laugh out loud.
Remember, The Stacks Book Club selection for April is Trust Exercise by Susan Choi, we will discuss the book with Brandon Taylor on April 29th.
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| 0:00.0 | We're back with another episode of The Sacks. I'm your host Tracy Thomas and today on the show I'm talking Samantha Irby. |
| 0:09.6 | Samantha is the author of Meadee and we are never meeting in real life and her latest book is a |
| 0:14.1 | collection of comedic essays called Wow no thank you. The essays are as hilarious |
| 0:19.2 | as they are insightful and we talk today about why Samantha's work is so relatable, |
| 0:23.0 | how she's balances having a private life |
| 0:26.0 | and writing essays that end up being extremely public |
| 0:29.0 | and a whole lot more. |
| 0:30.0 | As a reminder, you can find everything Samantha and I discussed today in the link in the show notes. |
| 0:35.0 | Okay, let's go. All right, everybody, I'm here with Samantha Irby. Her newest book is called, |
| 0:49.0 | Wow, no thank you. Samantha, welcome to the Snacks. |
| 0:52.1 | Thank you. |
| 0:53.0 | Thank you for having me. |
| 0:55.0 | I'm so excited to be talking to someone other than the people who live in my house. |
| 1:01.0 | I'm so excited to be talking to you. This is an honor. Okay I'm going to shut up. |
| 1:06.5 | No, I mean you could just talk. That's what I feel like. I just want to talk to everybody all day. |
| 1:12.3 | For those of you at home, we're recording this early April. |
| 1:16.3 | Samantha's book just came out. It's also, we're in the time of coronavirus, so we are both locked down in our homes and she's like the first person I'm speaking to that's not related to me. |
| 1:29.6 | And it just feels great. It feels like I have a new friend and I need all the friends I can get. |
| 1:34.7 | Yeah, it's, I mean, it's so weird because, |
| 1:38.4 | like my inclination has been to call people, but everyone is still in the pre-Korona virus like why are you |
| 1:47.6 | calling me is it an emergency? I'm like well no I know you're home, so I'm calling to hear your voice. |
| 1:57.0 | I called my sister and she was like, what? |
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