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Marc Maron Gets Personal (Again) in His New Book, 'Attempting Normal'

Marc Maron’s new book, Attempting Normal, comes to us at an interesting and pivotal moment in his life.  After two and a half decades of toiling in relative obscurity, the forty-nine year-old comic finally seems to be getting his due. His wildly popular and groundbreaking WTF podcast is closing in on its 400th episode and only getting better. This Friday sees the debut of the IFC series Maron, a show loosely based on the neurosis-fueled chaos that is his life. And now, at long last, after countless hours sweating it out on stage in half-filled B rooms and dive bars to frequently apathetic audiences, the comic who on [...]

Marc Maron's New Book 'Attempting Normal' Available for Pre-Order Now

Marc Maron's new memoir, Attempting Normal, is set for release on April 30th, but you can pre-order the thing now. This is his second book after 2001's Jerusalem Syndrome, which was an adaptation of his popular one-man show of the same name. If you're a regular listener to Maron's podcast WTF or have watched him do stand-up over the past couple years, you've no doubt heard the comedian lament his struggles writing the book, so it's good to know all his hard work is about to pay off. It's a super busy spring for the comedian as his IFC show Maron is premiering soon and he's still podcasting [...]

Marc Maron Is Writing Another Memoir: Attempting Normal

Hey, Marc Maron just sold a new book! From Publisher's Weekly: "Comedian and host of the WTF Podcast, Marc Maron's Attempting Normal, a dark, humorous memoir of the struggle to stay out of his head while confronting fear of failure, fear of madness, punishing divorces, the push-pull of family, and love, to Julie Grau at Spiegel & Grau, with Chris Jackson editing, by Daniel Greenberg at Levine Greenberg Literary Agency." Awesome! This is definitely one to look forward to.

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