“This is the hilarious and informative grief handbook I didn't know I needed. But hopefully not too soon.”
—Judd Apatow
“After I die, put my skeleton in a chair reading this book, with my skull tilted back and my jaw open wide in laughter.”—Jack Handey
"One of the worst things about heavy grief is that prim, humorless part of your brain that tells you that you can't laugh. Griefstrike punches that part of your brain right in the lobes. Equal parts funny, insightful, and moving, this book reminds you that laughter is always just another kind of crying, and just as cathartic and necessary."—John Hodgman
"It takes true nuance and comic skills to skewer the deeply unpleasant and universally human experience of grief. Roeder is up to the task with Griefstrike!”
Books
Developing a comedic concept over a couple hundred pages is a creative challenge I love. Plus, it's beyond gratifying to imagine someone absentmindedly reading one of my books to kill time if the Wi-Fi isn't working on a long flight.
Griefstrike! The Ultimate Guide To Mourning
Sure, there are other guidebooks aimed at helping you cope with the emotional and practical challenges of losing a loved one. None, however, have been written by a comedy writer whose “therapeutic training” went no further than an undergraduate degree in psychology, and who lived through this terrible experience and emerged intact enough to write a bunch of jokes about it.
It’s a ritual as time-honored among teenagers as prom or drinking too much and crashing your parents’ Corolla through the window of a Mexican restaurant—glossy catalogs from colleges arriving by the dozen each spring. Aside from the faint odor of kiwi bubblegum vape smoke, Woodmont College’s catalog, Welcome to Woodmont, is superficially not unlike the others. But there’s no school quite like Woodmont College (no longer “university” due to a court order). And every page of its catalog is proof of this uniqueness, whether it’s touting the college’s low rate of scorpion infestation or celebrating its faculty’s various facial tattoos. Now you can order your own copy of Welcome to Woodmont and learn for yourself why U.S. News and World Report hailed the school as “a singular educational experience for young people searching for neglect of the arts and aggression by townies.”
“A spot-on parody of earnest sex guides, Our Bodies, Our Junk is a hilarious and addictive page-turner. An acerbic, witty take on a prime subject. ”—Publishers Weekly
“The perfect coffee table book for people with sexually inadequate houseguests.”—Stephen Colbert
“Whether you're a sexual Einstein (know a lot, never have it), or a sexual Tiger Woods (great golfer, have lots of it), this book will hold tons of embarrassing revelations for you.” —Bob Odenkirk
Exhaustively researched and fully illustrated, Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk is a must-read for you, your sexual partner(s), and anyone who wishes there was more to sex than thrashing around and begging for forgiveness.
Are you uncomfortable engaging in conversation? Do you have trouble making friends? Have you longed to have your deeply rooted social anxiety eliminated by a slender paperback you can read cover-to-cover over several lunch breaks? If your answer is yes — or if you're looking for the perfect birthday gift for that special nervous someone — the book you've been waiting for has arrived.
Oh, the Humanity! will see you through all your interpersonal struggles:
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"How can I boost my self-confidence? I've already tried crying all day and avoiding my horrible reflection in the mirror. Is there something else that might work?"
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"I'm not very good at small talk. How can I get the least out of every word I use?"
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"What exactly is 'body language'? My arrest record suggests I need some clarification."
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"My hobbies include scrapbooking, swimming with dolphins, and taking chain letters seriously. How can I find people with similar interests?"
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Plus, somewhat more!
Life is a precious gift that could be hit by a bus tomorrow. Isn't it time you lived it the way some total stranger who wrote a book thinks you should?