Editions for sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories. Hes also the author of the new york times bestseller, sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories as well as his latest book, the new one. His one person shows sleepwalk with me and my girlfriends boyfriend have both run successfully offbroadway and toured internationally. Popular comedian birbiglia reminisces about his wacky childhood. They are best known for their instrumental sleep walk, which became a regional hit and eventually reached the top of the billboard pop chart when it was released nationally in 1959. He recounts his worst episode as well as other painfully embarrassing. His first book sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories was a finalist for the thurber prize for american humor. Spending the night with sleepwalker mike birbiglia. Birbiglia opened his first offbroadway show, sleepwalk with me, in 2008 and spent the next few years spinning it into different projects.
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Sleepwalk with me and other painfully true stories by mike. Some of the stories are about my childhood, some are about girls i made out with when i was thirteen, some are about my parents, and some are, of course, about my bouts with sleepwalking. Sleepwalk with me by mike birbiglia free download as pdf file. This acclaimed book by mike birbiglia is available at in several formats for your ereader. The thurber prize for american humor, named after american humorist james thurber, recognizes outstanding contributions in humor writing.
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