Lizz Free or Die
Essays
The hilarious and poignant account of how one woman found her comedic voice.
Growing up in the Midwest, the youngest child of Catholic parents, Lizz Winstead learned early that the straightforward questions she posed to various authority figures around her—her parents, her parish priest, even an anti-abortion counselor—prompted many startled looks and uncomfortable silences, but few plausible answers. Her questions rattled adults because they exposed the inconsistencies and hypocrisies in the people and institutions she confronted.
Yet she didn’t let that deter her. In Lizz Free or Die, Winstead vividly recounts how she fought to find her own voice, both as a comedian and as a woman, and how humor became her most powerful weapon in confronting life’s challenges.
Uproarious and surprising, honest and…
$32.00
May 7, 2013Lizz Winstead is the author of Lizz Free Or Die: Essays, which Sarah Silverman described as a “hilarious collection of very personal essays (that) somehow leaves you changed. You laugh, and yet there are nutrients in her words.” Winstead is the cocreator and former head writer of The Daily Show and one of the founders of Air America Radio. A performer and stand-up comedian, she frequently appears on MSNBC, CNN, and Comedy Central. She lives in Brooklyn. Learn more at lizzwinstead.com or follow her on twitter @lizzwinstead.
