If you’re anywhere near Madison, make sure to go to the Ben Karlin reading tomorrow at UW-Madison. What: Book editor Ben Karlin, Dan Savage, Todd Hanson, Dan Vebber and Andy Selsberg read their pieces from the anthology “Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me.” When: 7 p.m. Sunday Where: Union Theater, 800 Langdon St. [...]
Ben Karlin reading in Boston tonight
February 29, 2008 By
For those of you in Boston, if you’ve got $5 and some free time tonight, I’d highly recommend this event: Friday, February 29 Special Event Harvard Book Store Presents Reading: Ben Karlin at 6:00 The Brattle Theater Harvard Book Store is pleased to present BEN KARLIN, the Emmy Award-winning former executive producer of ‘The Daily [...]
Ben Karlin and friends on ‘The Today Show’
February 6, 2008 By
It really can’t be said enough: Ben Karlin is a funny, funny man. And he has funny, funny friends. From MSNBC (I’ve pasted the shortest of excerpts here, but there’s a lot more at the link): So, you’ve been dumped; did you learn anything? Author says the important part of losing love is what you [...]
Six Degrees: Ben Karlin talks to Amazon.com
February 1, 2008 By
Amazon.com has interviewed Ben Karlin in anticipation of his eagerly awaited new book, Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me. I’m excerpting some of the bits I liked about the book, but the full interview includes details on what his days were like before he left The Daily Show and The Colbert Report, what [...]
We have winners!!!
January 27, 2008 By
And the winners of the ‘Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me’ contest are …. Rose Barger – Evansville, IL Erin Hoke – Olympia, WA Lisa Mangione – Hillsborough, NJ Megan Maguire – Kingston, RI Miranda Doerfler – Galloway, OH Thanks for playing, guys! And don’t worry, we’ve got a few more tricks up [...]
Mesquite Smoker
January 26, 2008 By
Okay, one last day for entering our contest to win Ben Karlin’s new book “Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me”. So enter. Seriously. I’m loving this book. And what does this post title mean? You’ll understand … when you’ve read/heard the book.
Win the book AND audiobook for “Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me”
January 20, 2008 By
Hey! Free stuff y’all! Hachette Book Group has been quite kind yet again. And it’s Stephen Stuff! Along with a bunch of other wonderful and fantastic writers. Oh, and Ben Karlin. He’s the mastermind behind the book. So enter the contest, already! CURRENT GIVEAWAY CONTEST – “Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me” Contest [...]
Audio preview of Ben Karlin’s ‘Things I’ve Learned From Women Who’ve Dumped Me’
January 18, 2008 By
Awwww, yeah! Check out the latest from our friends at Grand Central Publishing: I come (e-mail you) bearing some other news to get excited about. We now have a podcast in addition to all of our wonderful assets for Ben Karlin’s Things I’ve Learned from Women Who’ve Dumped Me! The podcast is the introduction to [...]