Jane Lynch, Happy Accidents
It is impossible not to root for her “Like any good, closeted young lesbian of the ’70s, I developed a raging crush on Ron Howard,” says comedic actress Jane Lynch early in her witty new memoir, Happy...
View ArticleeMusic Q&A: Greil Marcus
Much like 2010′s When That Rough God Goes Riding: Listening to Van Morrison, Greil Marcus’s new book on the Doors is a short, smart, very discursive consideration of musicians dear to the author’s...
View ArticleEllen DeGeneres, Seriously…I’m Kidding
Funneling DeGeneres directly into a listener’s head Regardless of a viewer’s tastes or stance on wacky dancing, TV star Ellen DeGeneres is bound to win them over: She’s a charming, funny and magnetic...
View ArticleJohn Lithgow, Drama
A meditation on theater as a way of life, told by someone fully steeped in it John Lithgow came of age in the theater — literally. His father was an actor who spent much of Lithgow’s youth moving...
View ArticleMindy Kaling, Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?
How a girl goes from a glasses-wearing dork to a writer for a beloved TV show To the casual viewer, Mindy Kaling is the actress who plays Kelly Kapoor, the materialistic, vapid, occasionally...
View ArticleDiane Keaton, Then Again
Intimate and utterly all-consuming In the three decades since Diane Keaton seduced America with her sweetly stammering Annie Hall, she’s beguiled a number of “unattainable greats” as well: Woody Allen,...
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Best Books of 2011
From auspicious debuts to long-awaited returns from literary stalwarts, from funny celebrities to seriously great histories, eMusic’s favorite audiobooks of 2011 has something for everyone. #40 ALBERT...
View ArticleTina Fey, Bossypants
Embraces the irreverent even as wisdom seeps through Do yourself a favor and do not read Bossypants. Why read it when you can listen to it? If you don’t listen to the audiobook version of Tina Fey’s...
View ArticleRob Lowe, Stories I Only Tell My Friends
An entertaining memoir of a serious thespian trapped in the body of a teen idol Rob Lowe understands if you have a hard time taking him seriously. Looking back in his upbeat and quite entertaining...
View ArticleOlivia Munn, Suck it, Wonder Woman
The controversial comic actress addresses her critics but leaves more questions than answersOlivia Munn may be most infamous for being the subject of a high-profile tiff between the blog Jezebel and...
View ArticleAlex Ross, Listen to This
Introducing his subjects’ human side without straining for it It’s hard to sound as learned and erudite as Alex Ross without seeming like an elitist and a snob, but Ross is neither of those things....
View ArticleBetty White, If You Ask Me
Equal parts sweetness and saucy wit, with a pinch of kindly grandma thrown in A brief list of Things That Betty White is Not Afraid Of would include death, sex, working in television at the age of 89,...
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eMusic Loves McSweeney’s
McSweeney’s is an indie publisher known for championing emerging literary voices, so how thrilling it is to actually hear what these voices sound like. These four wonderful collections of readings...
View ArticleInterview: Michael Ian Black
In his new book, cult comedy hero and prolific tweeter Michael Ian Black eats “lesbian cereal,” contemplates killing his colicky baby and chastises himself for buying a BMW. Part bildungsroman, part...
View ArticleMichael Ian Black, You’re Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death,...
Full of inventive insults, but undoubtedly a tribute In his new memoir, You’re Not Doing It Right: Tales of Marriage, Sex, Death, and Other Humiliations, Michael Ian Black passes out in Amsterdam,...
View ArticleRachel Dratch, Girl Walks into a Bar
Laugh-out-loud wit and plenty of self-deprecation “Where have you been?” is the question former Saturday Night Live funnywoman Rachel Dratch is most frequently asked, and with her humorous memoir Girl...
View ArticleInterview: Rachel Dratch
Former SNL cast member Rachel Dratch is best known for her hyperbolic renditions of all-too-familiar real life archetypes (Debbie Downer, the droopy-eye wet blanket who complains about melanomas at...
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Editors’ Picks: The Books We’re Listening To Right Now
If there’s one thing we’ve always loved about stepping into our friendly neighborhood bookstore, it’s perusing the staff picks that line the walls and end caps. That’s what we hope to replicate with...
View ArticleLizz Winstead, Lizz Free Or Die
“Messays” from your favorite snarky, sarcastic but also secretly sincere girlfriend Early watchers of The Daily Show may recognize Lizz Winstead’s name from its credits — she’s one of the show’s...
View ArticleNeil Young, Waging Heavy Peace
A fireside chat with the rock 'n' roll grampa you never hadHave you ever wished your grandfather told cooler stories? Like, say, about driving his band across the Canadian prairies in an ancient hearse...
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Continuing Education
For many of us, autumn brings back vivid sense memories: the smell of freshly sharpened pencils, the feel of a new backpack’s sticky zipper, the sound of an alarm clock ringing in the dark for the...
View ArticleJohn Taylor, In the Pleasure Groove
Short, melodic, to the point and just a little dark — just like a Duran Duran song.For fans of the ’80s superpop group Duran Duran (and let’s be real: Who isn’t one?), John Taylor’s sweet...
View ArticleTeddy Wayne, The Love Song of Jonny Valentine
A sharp, funny book about the perils of the music industryEven at 11 years old — almost 12, he’d tell you — tween-pop phenom Jonny Valentine is afflicted with a certain Hollywood ennui. The singer, who...
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The First Annual, Completely Scientific, Totally Unbiased eMusic Audiobook...
This was a stellar year for audiobooks — and a kinda star-studded one, too. Whether you wanted your heart broken or your spirit lifted, you were bound to find a new favorite in 2013. It was an...
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