But my unwillingness to do reading-that’s-not-for-school was no match for my finals-week procrastination.

Printed in yellow capital letters, the title phrase - an axiom my dad yelled at me way too much from the sidelines of my childhood - immediately intrigued me.Īt any other time of year, I would likely have consigned this book to a box for a few months before it would emerge on my bedside table, then it probably would have gone back into cardboard oblivion for eternity. But the cover of Look Alive pulled me in with its simplicity. You can imagine my horror when, at a morning meeting during my last-ever finals week at Notre Dame, one of my professors handed me a book to read, promising that I would really enjoy it.īecause I have good parents, I know you should never judge a book by its cover. The nature of my liberal arts degree meant lots of reading during each semester and lots to re-read in preparation for exams and papers during final exams. Had I been given the book a month earlier, that’s where it may have stayed - on my bedside table, unopened and unread.

Crosley has taken up the gauntlets thrown by her predecessors-Dorothy Parker, Nora Ephron, David Sedaris-and crafted something rare, affecting, and true.Sloane Crosley’s Look Alive Out There sits on my bedside table, next to an orchid I’ve (ironically) probably already killed. And as her subjects become more serious, her essays deliver not just laughs but lasting emotional heft and insight. In Look Alive Out There, whether it’s scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, playing herself on Gossip 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. More of a blazer, really.įans of I Was Told There’d Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number know Sloane Crosley’s life as a series of relatable but wry misadventures. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. One of Esquire's best books of 2018 so farįrom New York Times–bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There-a brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm.

She stays consistently funny and delivers a book that is alive and jumping.' ― Steve Martin

Look alive out there by sloane crosley