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Author Jonathan Tropper Gives Literature a Kick in the Nuts
Filed under: Entertainment, Video, Drinks With Writers Jonathan Tropper's new book "This Is Where I Leave You" is being called everything from a "comic family saga" to a sympathetic portrait of...
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'Bored to Death''s Jonathan Ames Gets Existential, Lets Out Deafening Bellow
Filed under: Entertainment, Video, TV, Drinks With Writers Jonathan Ames has been an Asylum favorite since we got a hold of his candid collection of essays, "What's Not to Love? The Adventures of a...
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'The Werewolf's Guide to Life' Authors Explain Why Lycanthropy Isn't Sexy
Filed under: How-to, Video, Drinks With Writers It's not easy being green? Eff that, it's not easy being a 700-lb., claw-toting, fur-covered killing machine. Werewolves have never had it easy, but...
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Julie Powell Pairs Adultery With the Art of Slicing Up Animals
Filed under: Booze, Women, Video, Drinks With Writers "Julie & Julia" memoirist Julie Powell is not one to hold back. In her new book, "Cleaving," the author breaks down sides of meat in graphic...
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Joshua Ferris Expresses His Love for Effed-Up People on 'Drinks With Writers'
Filed under: Entertainment, Booze, Video, Drinks With Writers Author Joshua Ferris loves a good screwed-up character. His first novel, "Then We Came to the End," chronicles an advertising firm full of...
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Gabriel Thompson Works the Worst Jobs Imaginable, Tells Us About Them
Filed under: Politics, Video, Asylum Exclusive, Drinks With Writers You might say writer Gabriel Thompson is committed to his work. We think he's also a little bit crazy ... in a selfless, mantastic...
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'I Was Told There'd Be Cake' Author a Chick, Doesn't Write Chick Lit
Filed under: Video, Required Reading, Asylum Exclusive, Drinks With Writers If you're the type of guy who's attracted to women sporting equal parts wit and intelligence, then Sloane Crosley is your...
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Hitchens Warns of American-Born Jihad, Painful Brazilian Waxing
Filed under: Video, Required Reading, Asylum Exclusive, Drinks With Writers "Author," "journalist," "contrarian," "Antichrist" -- whatever you call Christopher Hitchens, he's one of the most...
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'Simpsons,' 'I Love You, Beth Cooper' Writer Talks New Book, Slams DeVito
Filed under: Entertainment, Video, Required Reading, Asylum Exclusive, Drinks With Writers Larry Doyle's debut novel "I Love You, Beth Cooper" offered up a hilariously tumultuous night in the life of...
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'Absurdistan' Author Pens Hilarious New Book That Predicts Economic Collapse
Filed under: Entertainment, Video, Required Reading, Asylum Exclusive, Drinks With Writers Like all good satirists, Gary Shteyngart takes the absolute worst things about the world and makes them funny....
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SNL Writer Simon Rich Talks New Novel, How He Does It Live on Saturday Night
Filed under: Video, Required Reading, TV, Asylum Exclusive, Drinks With Writers The novel "Elliot Allagash" offers a titular antagonist who might be one of the most deviant, soulless monsters ever...
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Chip Kidd Geeks Out on Batman's Dark Side, Wonder Woman's New Outfit
Filed under: Entertainment, Video, Asylum Exclusive, Drinks With Writers Chip Kidd is a man of many talents. Best known as a graphic designer, the Pennsylvania native is also an accomplished editor and...
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'Good Ideas' Author Discusses 9/11 Snafu, How to Trigger Eureka Moments
Filed under: Video, Required Reading, Asylum Exclusive, Drinks With Writers Cartoons illustrate a good idea as a lightbulb turning on in one's brain -- a moment of light and clarity that appears out of...
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Why Is 'Redneck' Levi Johnston Author Nick Hornby's Songwriting Muse?
Filed under: Video, Music, Asylum Exclusive, Drinks With Writers Author Nick Hornby is responsible for numerous books, stories and essays, though most people are more familiar with the movies adapted...
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