Look Alive Out There: Essays [Paperback]

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2018 byEntertainment Weekly,Glamour, Buzzfeed, Elle, Cosmopolitan, The Millions, InStyle, Bustle, BookRiot,andSouthern Living

Sloane Crosley returns to the form that made her a household name in really quite a lot of households: Essays!

From theNew York Timesbestselling author Sloane Crosley comesLook Alive Out Therea brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. A thin coat. More of a blazer, really.

Fans ofI Was Told Thered Be CakeandHow Did You Get This Numberknow Sloane Crosleys life as a series of relatable but madcap misadventures. InLook Alive Out There,whether its scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, playing herself onGossip Girl,befriending swingers, or staring down the barrel of the fertility gun, Crosley continues to rise to the occasion with unmatchable nerve and electric one-liners. And as her subjects become more serious, her essays deliver not just laughs but lasting emotional heft and insight. Crosley has taken up the gauntlets thrown by her predecessorsDorothy Parker, Nora Ephron, David Sedarisand crafted something rare, affecting, and true.

Look Alive Out Therearrives on the tenth anniversary ofI Was Told Thered be Cake, and Crosleys essays have managed to grow simultaneously more sophisticated and even funnier. And yet shes still very much herself, and its great to have her backand not a moment too soon (or late, for that matter).