Self-Inflicted Wounds: Heartwarming Tales of Epic Humiliation
&#8220;In her new book, Aisha Tyler embarrasses and humiliates herself for 231 pages&#151;to our extreme reading pleasure.&#8221; (Entertainment Weekly)&#8220;Tyler&#8217;s work is refreshing not just for its unabashed candor, but also for its humorous insights into the human capacity for screwing up and bouncing back. Things &#8216;will go wrong&#8230;mind-blowingly wrong.&#8217; But under no circumstances should it stop someone from pursuing their dreams. Smart, sassy and surprisingly wise.&#8221; (Kirkus Reviews)&#8220;Aisha Tyler is one of the smartest, funniest women I&#8217;ve had the good fortune of meeting. She makes me laugh every time I see her&#151;and this is coming from the guy who thinks women aren&#8217;t funny.&#8221; (Adam Carolla, comedian, host of The Adam Carolla Show, and New York Times bestselling author of In Fifty Years We'll All Be Chicks)&#8220;A beautifully tortured and sick-with-self-consciousness manifesto of regret. I&#8217;m equal parts proud and embarrassed for Aisha Tyler, which doesn&#8217;t get in the way of my loving her, as you will when you readSelf-Inflicted Wounds.&#8221; (Margaret Cho, comedian, actress, and nationally bestselling author of I'm the One That I Want)&#8220;Self-inflicted wounds are the nastiest, most painful, and most likely to fester. Also the funniest. Aisha brings back every awful, suicidally stupid, shameful, and all-too-familiar episode of a life well lived. Reading this book made me feel a lot better about myself. Prepare to be horrified&#151;and entertained.&#8221; (Anthony Bourdain, chef, host of Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown, and New York Times bestselling author of Kitchen Confidential)&#8220;One of the most kick-ass women I know, Aisha Tyler hilariously rips herself open and shows you her guts. On the schadenfreude scale, Self-Inflicted Wounds is a ten.&#8221; (Felicia Day, actress, writer, and producer of The Guild)&#8220;Good God. The Amazon can write. And write well. We are doomed.&#8221; (Patton Oswalt, comedian, actor, and New York Times bestselling author of Zombie Spaceship Wasteland)&#8220;For once, Patton is correct. Aisha Tyler is one funny son of a bitch.&#8221; (Dave Eggers, Pulitzer Prize-nominated author of New York Times #1 bestseller A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius, What Is the What, Zeitoun, and A Hologram for the King and founder of McSweeney's)&#8220;The first time I met Aisha I felt we could have been sisters. Tall, beautiful, African-American, comedienne&#8230;after reading Self-Inflicted Wounds I found we had more in common: setting the house on fire, peeing ourselves in public, and an endless list of people we&#8217;ve offended in some way.&#8221; (Sharon Osbourne, author, rock manager, and cohost of The Talk)&#8220;If you&#8217;re the type of sicko who enjoys a hilariously talented person debasing herself for your amusement, then Self-Inflicted Wounds is the book for you.&#8221; (Andy Richter, comedian, actor, writer, announcer and man-Friday on Conan)&#8220;Aisha Tyler&#8217;s book, Self-Inflicted Wounds, is an uplifting, hilarious trek through her life of insults, agonies and failures. Each story is not only painfully funny, but it&#8217;s also thoughtful and stunningly candid. I really do love this book.&#8221; (Jay Chandrasekhar, director of Super Troopers, Beerfest, and Babymakers)&#8220;We all do stupid stuff, sometimes on purpose. But rarely do we ever talk about it, let alone publish an in-depth retelling-leave it to Aisha Tyler to help us all feel a little less dumb and a little more connected.&#8221; (Seth Green, comedian, actor, creator/writer/director of Robot Chicken)&#8220;Aisha is living proof that for nerdy outsiders things really do get better. But, in her case, before they got better, they got a whole lot worse. It&#8217;s impossible not to laugh while reading Self-Inflicted Wounds. It&#8217;s also impossible not to worry about Aisha&#8217;s mental health.&#8221; (Tour&#xE9;, author, critic, host of The Cycle on MSNBC)&#8220;What Aisha says about embracing your fear and using mistakes to forge character is beautiful. What she says about Oprah is unforgivable.&#8221; (Baratunde Thurston, New York Times bestselling author of How To Be Black, and CEO/Co-Founder, Cultivated WitBaratunde Thurston, New York Times bestselling author of How To Be Black, and CEO/Co-Founder, Cultivated Wit)&#8220;Aisha Tyler&#8217;s incredibly vivid stories of going for big air only to land flat on her face (or possibly a rusty spike) are a unique combination of cringe-worthy and inspiring. That she shares these stories makes me love her all the more.&#8221; (Bill Burr, comedian, actor, and host of The Monday Morning Podcast)&#8220;Self-inflicted wounds. We all have them, but no one exploits their own pain for the funny like Aisha Tyler.&#8221; (Wayne Brady, comedian, actor, star of Whose Line Is It Anyway? and host of Let's Make a Deal)&#8220;Aisha Tyler&#8217;s brain moves faster than a shock spell from the hands of a lightning mage. She is hilarious, hyper-articulate, and will kick your ass in Call of Duty. She is the life of the LAN party.&#8221; (Chris Hardwick, comedian and host of The Talking Dead and The Nerdist)