DAN WILBUR

betterbooktitles: Do you know someone who’s graduating soon?...

Mon, 13 May 2013 11:37:22 -0400

Do you know someone who’s graduating soon? Are you a student scared of entering college, grad school, or the real world (scariest)?

Never fear! This book has everything you need to know about pretending to know everything. The Western Canon is covered in 25 pages, there are stock lines you can use in class and book clubs to sound like the smartest person in the room, and there are plenty of pictures to stare at when you’re tired of reading!

Still not sure this is the most helpful book in the world?? You can read an excerpt here.

You can buy the book from all these places:

Community Bookstore

Powell’s

Amazon

Barnes and Noble

This book is still a real thing!

Come see me host these handsome men at UCB East! Thursday, May...

Tue, 30 Apr 2013 07:51:29 -0400

Come see me host these handsome men at UCB East!

Thursday, May 2nd @ 7:30 PM.

I’ve been summing up books and movies on Twitter this way...

Mon, 29 Apr 2013 18:17:00 -0400

Dante's Inferno

Of Mice and Men

The Catcher in the Rye

1984

The Stranger

The Godfather

The Master and Margarita

I’ve been summing up books and movies on Twitter this way because I clearly have too much time on my hands.

Follow @DanWilbur and send help!

Great jokes in meme form on reddit. Go and see all of them but...

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 13:35:58 -0400

Great jokes in meme form on reddit. Go and see all of them but only enjoy mine.

betterbooktitles: Hello, friends! I want to let you know about...

Mon, 01 Apr 2013 11:29:47 -0400

betterbooktitles:

Hello, friends!

I want to let you know about two great comedy shows I host in NYC.

“Lasers” is a weekly stand-up show that started way back in 2010 and is returning to UCB East!

“Local Empire” is a new monthly sketch show with some very funny folks. The next one is on April 9th at Public Assembly at 8 PM.

Come to either and I promise you’ll have fun. If I don’t do any book-related jokes, you can meet me after and I’ll gladly make fun of some books with you.

Also, check back tomorrow morning for another “Love, Sex, Death, and Books” podcast.

Thanks for reading this. Thanks for supporting live comedy!

Sincerely,

Dan

SHOWS!

I went on Russian TV to make fun of banks. Please don’t...

Wed, 27 Mar 2013 09:04:08 -0400

I went on Russian TV to make fun of banks. Please don’t tell them that I don’t know what I’m talking about.

nighttraincomedy: Another great set of photos from last week’s...

Mon, 04 Mar 2013 17:21:02 -0500

nighttraincomedy:

Another great set of photos from last week’s show courtesy of the amazing Eric Michael Pearson. L-R: Jeffrey Joseph, Janine Brito, Ted Alexandro, Kevin Avery, Adam Newman & Dan Wilbur.

Come by tonight to catch Wyatt Cenac, Rob Cantrell, Sean Patton, Carmen Lunch, Sheng Wang & George Gordon!

This was a great show with great people. You all should go check it out sometime!

betterbooktitles: Today’s episode of Love, Sex, Death and Books...

Sat, 23 Feb 2013 10:07:08 -0500

betterbooktitles:

Today’s episode of Love, Sex, Death and Books features Tim Kreider, author of We Learn Nothing. This was my favorite book of last year, and the interview is great! Hope you like it.

(Also: I spend a little time up top talking about why I dislike Ulysses. It really is OK if you like it, but please take the time to tell me why you do. Share your thoughts on Twitter with this hashtag #LSDandBooks)

Listen to the show on iTunes

Listen on the podcast’s website

Download the show directly

Or, stream the show below:

Logo by Jake Young

Tech: Eddie Grupper

Music: Soul Khan

Questions? Concerns? Hate mail? dwilbs@gmail.com

communitybookstore: The Disgruntled Bookseller’s Staff Pick #8:...

Fri, 15 Feb 2013 11:15:28 -0500

communitybookstore:

The Disgruntled Bookseller’s Staff Pick #8: Nabokov’s Pale Fire

betterbooktitles: Happy Valentine’s Day! I thought I’d show you...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 12:33:01 -0500

betterbooktitles:

Happy Valentine’s Day! I thought I’d show you what I do when I’m bored at work. Follow Community Bookstore’s Tumblr for more pretentious staff picks from The Disgruntled Bookseller + pictures of an adorably mean bookstore cat.

communitybookstore: The Disgruntled Bookseller’s Staff Pick #6:...

Thu, 14 Feb 2013 09:40:20 -0500

communitybookstore:

The Disgruntled Bookseller’s Staff Pick #6: Thomas Pynchon’s Gravity’s Rainbow

communitybookstore: The Disgruntled Bookseller’s Staff Pick #4:...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 18:12:43 -0500

communitybookstore:

The Disgruntled Bookseller’s Staff Pick #4: Michael Ondaatje’s The English Patient

communitybookstore: The Disgruntled Bookseller’s Staff Pick #3:...

Mon, 11 Feb 2013 13:56:40 -0500

communitybookstore:

The Disgruntled Bookseller’s Staff Pick #3: David Foster Wallace’s Infinite Jest

communitybookstore: The Disgruntled Bookseller Staff Pick #2:...

Fri, 08 Feb 2013 11:38:03 -0500

communitybookstore:

The Disgruntled Bookseller Staff Pick #2: Happy Valentine’s Day, Dante’s Inferno.

communitybookstore: The Disgruntled Bookseller’s Staff Pick #1:...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 12:57:49 -0500

communitybookstore:

The Disgruntled Bookseller’s Staff Pick #1: The Savage Detectives

I got a lot of work done today.

communitybookstore: The Disgruntled Bookstore Blurber strikes...

Thu, 07 Feb 2013 10:58:01 -0500

communitybookstore:

The Disgruntled Bookstore Blurber strikes A.C.’s staff pick, The Thousand Autumns of Jacob de Zoet.

I look forward to more disgruntled bookseller blurbs.

communitybookstore: Check out the amazing cards A.C. made for...

Tue, 05 Feb 2013 16:20:25 -0500

communitybookstore:

Check out the amazing cards A.C. made for the store.

Available RIGHT NOW!

Check out some cards by the same artist who made the cartoon version of me!

randomhouse: The following is advice from Dan Wilbur, author of...

Thu, 24 Jan 2013 10:55:39 -0500

randomhouse:

The following is advice from Dan Wilbur, author of How Not to Read and the creator of Better Book Titles:

Even when your book wins the Pulitzer, remember that when you wrote it, it wasn’t perfect. It was a draft.

No one cares about your release date except for you and your mom.

Don’t sweat it if you bomb or people hate your latest Huffington Post blog.

Cut out cake for breakfast.

It’s never as good or as bad as you think.

For more: http://www.biographile.com/good-prose-month-dan-wilbur-on-what-to-expect-when-youre-expecting-your-first-humor-book/12460/?ref=tumblr_corp_bio-good-prose-month

A piece on what it’s like to release a book by me!

I’m talking video games at the A.V. Club’s...

Fri, 18 Jan 2013 11:00:24 -0500

I’m talking video games at the A.V. Club’s Gameological Society today!

betterbooktitles: What do these books have in common? They are...

Thu, 27 Dec 2012 10:22:49 -0500

betterbooktitles:

What do these books have in common? They are all on Vanity Fair’s list of the Best Books of 2012!

In other news: January 1st is the last day to order a copy of How Not to Read with a custom cover made by me. Details here.

You can also buy the book at any of these places.