Samantha Irby co-hosts Guts & Glory, a reading series showcasing essayists, and has performed all around Chicago in addition to her insanely hilarious blog, BITCHES GOTTA EAT. On Baratunde Thurston's How to Be Black tour, she was the opening act. Her work has published on The Rumpus and Jezebel, and she has been highlighted in the Chicago Sun-Times, Chicago Reader, Chicago Tribune, and TimeOut Chicago.