Birbiglia opened his first offbroadway show, sleepwalk with me, the following year, and spent the rest of the decade spinning that show into different projects. The standup version is an astounding story that takes an hour to tell. Mike birbiglia, sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories. Then you can start reading kindle books on your smartphone. Sleepwalk with me ebook by mike birbiglia rakuten kobo. Sleepwalk with me is a window into birbiglias lifeand will make you wonder how normal normal really is. Mike birbiglia offers a humorous memoir about first love, denial, sleepwalking, and. The film is based on birbiglias oneman offbroadway show and the titular story in his book of short stories, sleepwalk with me and other painfully true. Spending the night with sleepwalker mike birbiglia. His first book sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories was a finalist for the thurber prize for american humor. Hes also the author of the new york times bestseller, sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories as well as his latest book, the new one. It was first awarded irregularly, but since 2004 has been bestowed annually.
Mike birbiglia is coming to bam on may 9 with a new show inspired by his new book the new one. Birbiglia is an accomplished standup comedian, and glass is the producer and host of this american life. Sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories hits ny. Sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories. He recounts his worst episode as well as other painfully. Junkman and other stories brings into razorsharp focus life lived on the edge. Editions for sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories. Birbiglias 2010 book, sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories, was made into a movie that will be released by ifc films this fall. Maybe, like me, you heard the jackal story for the first time on the moth podcast or nprs this american life, or you listened to birbiglias bestselling album sleepwalk with me live or, quite possibly, you read his bestselling book sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories. In sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories, birbiglia brings his vast experience as one of americas foremost comedic storytellers and gives us a series of comic, selfdeprecating. Birbiglia opened his first offbroadway show, sleepwalk with me, in 2008 and spent the next few years spinning it into different projects.
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