Samantha Irby Explained

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Samantha McKiver Irby (born February 13, 1980) is an American comedian, essayist, blogger, and television writer.[1] [2] She is the creator and author of the blog bitches gotta eat, where she writes humorous observations about her own life and modern society more broadly.[3] Her books We Are Never Meeting in Real Life and Wow, No Thank You. were both New York Times best-sellers. She is a recipient of the 2021 Lambda Literary Award for bisexual nonfiction.[4]

She has been a writer and/or co-producer for TV shows including HBO's reboot of Sex and the City, Work in Progress, Shrill, and Tuca & Bertie.[5] In 2016, FX announced that it had purchased the television rights to Irby's 2013 memoir Meaty and her blog, with the intent to adapt them into a series.[6]

Early life

Samantha McKiver Irby's middle name is her maternal grandmother's maiden name.[7] She was born on February 13, 1980,[8] and grew up in Evanston, Illinois.[9] She attended Evanston Township High School.[10] Her mother was a nurse.

In several interviews and books, Irby has discussed caring for her mother, who had multiple sclerosis, as a teenager. Irby attended Northern Illinois University, but dropped out after her mother's death.[11] Her father was in and out of her life. His death—from hypothermia after suffering multiple heart attacks and strokes—happened six months before her mother's death.[12] Irby began writing in the late 2000s when she started a Myspace blog.[13]

Work

In her blog bitches gotta eat, Irby offers an unvarnished and humorous accounting of challenges she has faced in her personal life and discusses various topics, including her sex life and battles with Crohn's disease. She began the blog in 2009.[14]

Irby also co-hosted the live lit show Guts and Glory in Chicago with Keith Ecker until 2015, when the show ended its run.[15]

She has co-hosted The Sunday Night Sex Show, performed in several shows, including The Paper Machete and Story Club, and her work has appeared in The Rumpus, In Our Words, and Jezebel.[16] [17] [18]

Irby has published five books: We Are Never Meeting in Real Life; Meaty; New Year, Same Trash; Wow, No Thank You; and Quietly Hostile.

Meaty was published by Curbside Splendor Publishing in 2013, then republished in 2018 by Vintage Books. It is in development for adaptation as a television show on FX called Guts and Glory, with comedian Abbi Jacobson and writer Jessi Klein.[19]

In 2017, Irby's second book, We Are Never Meeting in Real Life, was published by Vintage Books. It made The New York Times best-seller list for paperback nonfiction.[20] [21]

The fourth collection of essays, Wow, No Thank You, was released in March 2020.[22] [23] Irby stated on her social media pages that her book tour would be online due to COVID-19.[24] The book debuted in the New York Times best-seller list's number one spot for Paperback Nonfiction.[25]

In 2018, Irby wrote the fourth episode, "Pool", of the first season of Shrill. It was released on March 15, 2019.[26]

In February 2021, Irby was announced as a co-producer and writer on And Just Like That..., the HBO reboot of Sex and the City.[27] She was the lead writer of Season 1 Episode 5, "Tragically Hip."

Her essay collection Wow, No Thank You. won the Lambda Literary Award for Bisexual Non-Fiction at the 33rd Lambda Literary Awards in 2021.[28]

In July 2021, Irby wrote an episode for the second season of Tuca & Bertie, "Vibe Check".

Personal life

Irby married in 2016. Her wife is Kirsten Jennings. She now lives and works in Kalamazoo, Michigan.[29]

Irby has been open about her struggles with Crohn's disease, degenerative arthritis, and depression, often discussing her experiences in her writing. She is friends with writers Roxane Gay and Lindy West.[30]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Rumpus Book Club Chat with Samantha Irby. June 21, 2017. The Rumpus. December 16, 2017.
  2. Web site: Samantha Irby on Writing Honestly And Avoiding Loose Change. June 20, 2017. WBEZ. December 16, 2017.
  3. Web site: Seriously, Everything Is Funny to Samantha Irby. June 1, 2017. Elle. December 16, 2017.
  4. Web site: 2021 Winners. 2021-06-02. Lambda Literary. en.
  5. Web site: Samantha Irby. 2021-10-12. IMDb. en.
  6. News: FX Developing 'Meaty' Comedy From Jessi Klein, Samantha Irby & Abbi Jacobson. Andreeva. Nellie. September 29, 2016. Deadline Hollywood. November 29, 2017.
  7. Book: Irby, Samantha. Meaty. Vintage Books. 2018. 12–13.
  8. Book: Irby, Samantha. Meaty. Vintage Books. 2018. 7.
  9. Irby, Samantha. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. Vintage Books, 2017. p. 5
  10. Web site: Quietly Hostile: A Conversation with Samantha Irby . 2023-05-20 . FAN . en-US.
  11. Irby, Samantha. We Are Never Meeting in Real Life. Vintage Books, 2017
  12. Web site: The World's Loudest Inner Monologue . 2022-06-24 . Chicago Magazine . en-US.
  13. News: Samantha Irby Is Coming Out—Again. INTO. 14 March 2018. March 15, 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180315003710/https://intomore.com/culture/samantha-irby-is-coming-outagain/ee6b146cb5494e58. dead.
  14. Web site: bitches gotta eat. Samantha. Irby. March 14, 2018.
  15. News: Live Lit Series Guts & Glory Will End After Tonight's Show. Chicago. November 29, 2017.
  16. Web site: Posts by Samantha Irby. The Rumpus. March 14, 2018.
  17. Web site: Hide Your Good Snacks and Other Rules for How to Have Casual Sex. Irby. Samantha. January 10, 2014. Jezebel. March 14, 2018.
  18. Web site: Tag Archives: Samantha Irby. In Our Words: Salon for Queers & Co.. March 14, 2018.
  19. Web site: Sam Irby on her new essay collection, parenting and her forthcoming pilot with Abbi Jacobson. Time Out. May 30, 2017 . December 16, 2017.
  20. Web site: Books to Breeze Through This Summer. Maslin. Janet. May 25, 2017. The New York Times. March 14, 2018.
  21. Web site: Paperback Nonfiction. June 18, 2017. March 14, 2018. The New York Times.
  22. [Parul Sehgal|Sehgal, Parul]
  23. Web site: Wow, No Thank You. by Samantha Irby: 9780525563488 | PenguinRandomHouse.com: Books. PenguinRandomhouse.com. March 31, 2020.
  24. Web site: samantha irby's Instagram video: "ok would you want me to read to you or should i get bent or what". Instagram. March 31, 2020.
  25. News: Paperback Nonfiction Books - Best Sellers - The New York Times. The New York Times. April 21, 2020.
  26. Web site: Romero. Ariana. This Is Exactly How Shrill's Mindblowing Fat Babe Pool Party Episode Came To Be. 2021-10-12. www.refinery29.com. March 9, 2019 . en.
  27. Web site: Low. Elaine. 2021-02-05. 'Sex and the City' Revival Assembles Writers' Room, Adds Samantha Irby, Rachna Fruchbom, Keli Goff. 2021-05-24. Variety. en-US.
  28. Jane Henderson, "Lambda Literary Awards announce winners". St. Louis Post-Dispatch, June 1, 2021.
  29. Web site: Nico . Nico . August 17, 2017 . Into . Samantha Irby Is Coming Out–Again . March 15, 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180315003710/https://intomore.com/culture/samantha-irby-is-coming-outagain/ee6b146cb5494e58 . dead.
  30. Web site: The Acerbic, Unflinching Writing of Samantha Irby. Bolonik. Kera. New York. May 30, 2017 . December 16, 2017.
  31. Web site: Book Review: Meaty by Samantha Irby. Nicholson. Renée K.. May 23, 2014. The Los Angeles Review. December 16, 2017.
  32. Web site: Samantha Irby Needs to Talk About Some Sh*t. May 31, 2017. Literary Hub. December 16, 2017.
  33. News: Seriously, Everything Is Funny to Samantha Irby. Tang. Estelle. June 1, 2017. Elle. November 29, 2017.
  34. News: Book review: Irby writes about real life realistically. Hernandez. Jen Hamilton. August 7, 2017. Mysa. December 16, 2017.
  35. Web site: Powell's Q&A: Samantha Irby, Author of 'We Are Never Meeting in Real Life.' by Samantha Irby. Powell's Books. December 16, 2017.
  36. Web site: Megan Stielstra interviewing Samantha Irby: The right way to meet in real life. Chicago Reader. July 26, 2017. December 16, 2017.
  37. Web site: 'Getting Worse/Better': Samantha Irby on Her New Book. Honey. Minda. June 2, 2017. Brooklyn Magazine. December 16, 2017.
  38. Book: Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump's America. WorldCat. 1000527000.

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