Samantha Irby with Cynthia Nixon at an event for her book “Quietly Hostile” in New York in May. Kevin Yatarola. Why don’t you like the beach? It’s hot. It’s dirty.

IRBY: I think my body - like, I have Crohn's disease. And I have some arthritis that is associated with the Crohn's disease, and I always just feel like a nightmare.

Samantha Irby dedicates her new book to Zoloft. It’s a fitting tribute. In “Quietly Hostile,” the author-comedian delivers 17 essays that explore — with lacerating humor — some sensitive ...

In 2008, first grade teacher Alvin Irby stopped by a Bronx barbershop after school for a haircut. Before long, one of his students came in. “He is getting antsy; he’s kind of looking bored ...

Irby-Jackson recently re-signed with Adidas and intends to continue in the sport at least through the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics. “As a competitor, you expect more, you want more,” she said.

Jazz at Lincoln Center’s Blue Engine Records just released The Roar and the Whisper - an album by Alexa Tarantino, celebrated ...

Samantha Irby, the midwest’s most lovable misanthrope, triumphantly returns with her fourth collection of personal essays, Quietly Hostile. Spoiler alert: just like the other three, it is both ...

Samantha Irby is a people person. That is to say, she's a person who is fascinated by people — their obsessions, their hypocrisies, even the things they weirdly reveal about themselves in their ...

Irby is complex, riddled with hang-ups and likes talking about things that are smelly, SOMETIMES IN ALL CAPS. She shares her inner monologue whether or not we’re prepared to hear it — but not ...

Dr. Edith Irby Jones in 1985 with her husband, James B. Jones, center, and Dr. Thomas Bruce, the dean of the College of Medicine at the University of Arkansas Medical School.

Irby’s career as a writer began on MySpace, but it was the Blogspot site BitchesGottaEat that made her name. She wrote about her life there at length, blurring the line between the diary and ...