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You Can't Touch My Hair: And Other Things I Still Have to Explain

Phoebe Robinson,

Jessica Williams (Foreword)

Start date: January 9, 2017

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Nov 14, 2016 Renata rated it really liked it

Shelves: memoir, nonfiction, humor, we-need-diverse-books

This book is legit hilarious, literal-LOL worthy. (As you could probably guess if you're familiar with Phoebe Robinson's comedy--although I am too often disappointed by comedians' books. Not here!)

It's a great mix of personal stories, essays about working in comedy, black American culture...all very funny and also very timely. I read this just before the election and I'm curious to what it would be like to read it afterwards. There's a letter in this from John Hodgman where he refers to the ele ...more

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May 02, 2019 Dana Berglund rated it really liked it · review of another edition

Shelves: books-for-grown-ups, audiobooks, memoir-biography

Almost 4 stars. She's funny, tells some good stories and makes you laugh and think. I didn't love her letters to [her 2 year old niece] Olivia at the end, because they seemed contrived and like letters I would never ever actually give to my niece. (But maybe that's because I'm a prude. Whatever.) I think she could have written one letter, and included her other points in essays written for those topics. There were way too many hashtags in the book for me, but the point is good. ...more

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Aug 30, 2017 Nadine in NY Jones rated it it was ok

Shelves: essays, memoir-and-autobiographical-essays, audio, humor

I wanted to love this a lot more than I did. This wasn't as funny or interesting as I expected. That title is genius, and really raised my expectations! I do t read blogs or watch vlogs or watch much TV, so I'd never heard of Phoebe Robinson, but I looked her up and learned she's a stand-up comedian who had been on The Daily Show, so I thought the audiobook would be great. But her delivery is really forced; not shouting g, exactly, but as if she is on a stage without a microphone and really spea ...more

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