DescriptionNamed a Most Anticipated Book of 2018 by Entertainment Weekly, Glamour, Buzzfeed, Elle, Cosmopolitan, The Millions, InStyle, Bustle, BookRiot, and Southern LivingSloane Crosley returns to the form that made her a household name in really quite a lot of households: Essays From the New York Times-bestselling author Sloane Crosley comes Look Alive Out There--a brand-new collection of essays filled with her trademark hilarity, wit, and charm. The characteristic heart and punch-packing observations are back, but with a newfound coat of maturity. A thin coat. More of a blazer, really.Fans of I Was Told Thered Be Cake and How Did You Get This Number know Sloane Crosleys life as a series of relatable but madcap misadventures. In Look Alive Out There, whether its scaling active volcanoes, crashing shivas, playing herself on Gossip Girl, befriending swingers, or staring down the barrel of the fertility gun, Crosley continues to rise to the occasion with unmatchable nerve and electric one-liners. And as her subjects become more serious, her essays deliver not just laughs but lasting emotional heft and insight. Crosley has taken up the gauntlets thrown by her predecessors--Dorothy Parker, Nora Ephron, David Sedaris--and crafted something rare, affecting, and true.Look Alive Out There arrives on the tenth anniversary of I Was Told Thered be Cake, and Crosleys essays have managed to grow simultaneously more sophisticated and even funnier. And yet shes still very much herself, and its great to have her back--and not a moment too soon (or late, for that matter).About the AuthorSloane Crosley is the author of the novel, The Clasp, and two New York Times bestselling books of personal essays, I Was Told Thered Be Cake, a finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor, and How Did You Get This Number. A contributing editor and books columnist for Vanity Fair, she lives in Manhattan.