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Author
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Language
English
Formats
Description
"No one steps up to life's banquet, holds out her tray, and orders, "Grief, please!" Yet as a child, Candy Pekkala was served a heaping helping of it. But every buffet line has a dessert section, and when a cousin calls with a Hollywood apartment to sublet, it seems though Candy is finally offered something sweet. It's good-bye to Minnesota and hello to California, where a girl who has always lived by her wits has a real chance of making a living...
2) Stepping out
Author
Publisher
Orca Book Publishers
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 online resource (137 pages).
Language
English
Description
Paige Larsson, YouTube comedy vlogger, has always used humor to cope with her disability, but an opportunity to compete in a stand-up comedy festival is a big step out of her comfort zone, and relying on her disability may not be enough.
3) The material
Author
Publisher
Random House
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
272 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Can comedy be taught? Someone, at some point, seemed to think so. The Chicago Stand-Up program has enrolled young comedians for nearly a decade. Its teachers and students all know how bits work-in theory, at least. They know that there's a line between sharp and cruel, that sad becomes funny at the right angle, that the worst is the best, the truth is the worst, and any moment of your life that isn't a punchline will either get you to a punchline...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Griffin
Publication Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xi, 304 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"When falling in love is the punchline... Farley Jones is a loud, chaotic, and hilariously clever standup comedian on the way to stardom. The only thing she loves more than the rush of telling jokes in front of a revved-up audience is her hot older manager Meyer, though he doesn't have a clue. Keeping her feelings hidden from him is agony (a tragedy, even--in lieu of flowers, please send cash...) but Meyer has been Farley's closest and most treasured...
5) Humor me
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
306 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Presley Fry is not amused. She's been an assistant at the Late Night Show for way too long, she's adopted a "business casual" approach to dating to save herself from the embarrassment of seeking genuine connection, and she's content to allow her gregarious roommate, Isabelle, to orchestrate her entire social life. And yet, Presley is absolutely enamored with her job and the world of stand-up comedy. The joy she finds in discovering up-and-coming...
Author
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Description
"A ... novel about a young woman diagnosed with bipolar disorder who rejects the stability and approval found in a traditionally "normal" life for a career in stand-up comedy. Maddy Banks is just like any other stressed-out freshman at NYU. Between schoolwork, exams, navigating life in the city, and a recent breakup, it's normal to be feeling overwhelmed. It doesn't help that she's always felt like the odd one out in her picture-perfect Connecticut...
Author
Publication Date
2025.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A debut novel that follows a young woman's career aspirations to become a stand-up comedian in New York City as she balances the traditions of her Palestinian upbringing with her need to live--and to love--on her own terms, particularly as she discovers her grandmother's journals that chronicle her complicated life in Palestine circa 1947"-- Provided by publisher.
Author
Publisher
Berkley Romance
Publication Date
2022.
Physical Desc
354 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"A bridesmaid and groomsman put their differences aside to get their best friends down the aisle in this steamy opposites-attract romantic comedy. They say to never meet your heroes, but when Vivian Liao's roommate gets engaged to her favorite actor's costar, she has no choice but to come face-to-face with Melvin Lee again. He's just as funny and handsome as he is on-screen...but he thinks she's an ice queen and a corporate sellout. It's none of his...
9) I funny: #1
Author
Publication Date
2012
Language
English
Formats
Description
Resolving to become the world's greatest stand-up comedian despite less-than-funny challenges in his life, wheelchair-bound middle school student Jamie Grimm endures bullying from his mean-spirited cousin and hopes he will be fairly judged when he enters a local comedy contest.
Author
Publisher
Hyperion
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
312 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
A career-ending injury destroys track star Agnes Chan's hopes of a college scholarship, putting her on a journey through the underbelly of Malaysian stand-up comedy, and directly into the path of her archnemesis, the ridiculously wealthy and disgustingly handsome Royce Taslim.
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Publication Date
2021.
Physical Desc
355 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"A coming-of-age story set during the rising tide of World War II, How to Find Your Way in the Dark follows Sheldon Horowitz from his humble start in a cabin in rural Massachusetts, through the trauma of his father's murder and the murky experience of assimilation in Hartford, Connecticut, to the birth of stand-up comedy in the Catskills--all while he and his friends are beset by anti-Semitic neighbors, employers, and criminals"-- Provided by publisher
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14) Ain't it funny
Author
Publisher
Penguin Workshop
Publication Date
2024.
Physical Desc
234 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Eleven-year-old Maya refuses to let her growing anxiety and OCD hold her back from using stand-up comedy to bring her parents back together.