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Even at seven years old, Issa Rae meant business, conducting herself with entrepreneurial authority on a toy phone in her bedroom. Eventually, it was a matter of convincing others that she had a lot to say and getting them to listen. From her first web series, Awkward Black Girl, to network disappointments to HBO triumphs, Issa charts her aspirational journey—self-doubts and all—of being taken seriously, finding her voice, and shaping it into a groundbreaking career.

The Just Being ME! Podcast, hosted by Comedian Margot Evans and Mary Mac. Just imagine, having a conversation with one of your best girl friends, where you talk about everything from life ups, downs and in betweens, what's going on in the news, reality show chatter, self care, with a little ranting and raving in between! It's always a good time when these ladies are on the air!

Jay Larson tells the story of discovering his definitions of what it means to be a father as he finds himself responsible for two young children and investigating his childhood and relationship with his father. In this personal and emotional stand up special Jay speaks to the personal inventory that everyone makes when tackling on life's new hurdles. Performed for his debut special "Me Being Me" recorded November 29th, 2016 at the El Ray Theater in Los Angeles, CA.

Our politics are broken; our world is melting; the next catastrophe looms. Enter James Parker, who for years now has been writing odes of appreciation on subjects from the seemingly minor ("Ode to Naps") to the unexpected ("Ode to Giving People Money") to the seemingly minor, unexpected, and hyperspecific ("Ode to Running in Movies"). Finally collecting Parker's beloved and much-lauded odes in one place, this volume demonstrates the profound power of the form.

Southern society is arranged along matriarchal lines, since the Southern matriarch is a far more formidable being than the much nicer Southern male. She has to be this way; she was put on earth with a sacred mission: to drum good manners and the proper religion---ancestor worship---into the next generation.

The Wall Street Journal columnist and bestselling author of Little Victories takes a humorous and insightful look at life in the face of overwhelming societal change that we never anticipated—from the effects on parenthood, marriage, friendship, work, and play to all other aspects of the...