HELLO EVERYBODY! October 3rd marks the launch of my debut memoir, FOOLISH: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation. To celebrate, I got nail extensions and theyre making this ve4ry hard to type. these nails are the embodiment of asiimilaton, determination and humiliation.

I’m getting over a breakup. It happened about 36 years ago. I was in the fourth grade and for almost one whole week, I had been going with Tony Dang. It was my longest relationship to date. Four days into our new love, Tony and I were walking home from…

NOTE FROM THE AUTHOR: [To be read in a pompous British accent] My forthcoming memoir, FOOLISH: Tales of Assimilation, Determination, and Humiliation, contains a reference to my first ever blog, The Dirty Dirty. During the year-and-a-half in which I kept this blog, I was in my mid-20s, living in Atlanta…

Picture it. 90 minutes ago you took an edible and now you’re high as fuck. You’re in a bad mood because another project fell apart. You’re frustrated, you’re sad, you’re angry… but then something happens, and you’re inspired. You’re inspired to do something new, to write something new. Suddenly you’re…

A Short Story About My Short-lived Meme Experiment — In December 2016, after the gut punch of the election, the ensuing despair, the fleeting moment of hope in our electors, and finally after the rage that this nightmare was now reality, I decided to do something. Something small, but something I thought might make a difference. It’s no secret…

It’s a breeze — Stand up comedy can be a tough world to break into. It can take years of painful soul searching, disappointing performances, and pounding the pavement day in and day out with very little reward. Or… it can be a total breeze! …

Has anyone ever told you that an email you wrote seemed rude, abrupt, or pushy? If so, you’re probably a woman. And as a woman in the working world, you must take the time to choose your words carefully, even if it means that hitting ‘send’ will take an extra…

Hello Medium followers of The Cooper Review! Check out the latest humor below, and pre-order my new book How to Be Successful Without Hurting Men’s Feelings, it is non-fiction! And it comes out October 30th. And now for the latest humor… As some of you may know, I wrote a…

Thinking about working for yourself? Do it! But read this first —