GET LIT (ALL WEEK LONG): Win a copy of Samantha Bee's I Know I Am, But What Are You?

Welcome to Book Quarterly Trivia Week! From now till June 23, we'll be inundating you with opportunities to win free copies of books from our Summer BQ. For the first time in BQTW's history, we've got copies of every single book we've reviewed, previewed and shouted out (even in Icepack!). So keep an eye out at 9 a.m., noon and 3 every day for plenty of chances to win. Gallery, 242 pp., $25, June 1 Who doesn't love Samantha Bee? The Daily Show funny lady's got a new memoir — I Know I Am, But What Are You? — and she'll be sharing her trials and tribulations tomorrow afternoon at the Free Library. To celebrate, we're giving away a free copy. Here's what CP Editor in Chief Brian Howard had to say about Bee in this week's Arts section: Most Senior Correspondent Samantha Bee is the most recognizable squawking head of Jon Stewart's cabal of satirical Daily Show pundits. Knowing that comes in handy while reading I Know I Am, But What Are You?, Bee's literary debut. Handy because her candid collection of autobiographical essays from her admittedly bizarre upbringing and early adulthood is enhanced if you imagine them delivered with Bee's sprightly deadpan voice and rubber-faced comedic inflections. There's the story of her youthful infatuation with Jesus ("Man-wich"). Of being mistaken for her mother's partner ("May December Never Come"). Of a hot-but-dense roommate who believed gerbil is pronounced "gurr-bull." Of course, Bee disagrees. "Who in the world would want to hear this with my voice?" jokes the 40-year-old on the phone from her New York office. "I just recorded the audio book of this, which is just the weirdest thing. I would rather I had Patrick Stewart read my book. But he's expensive." To win a copy of I Know I Am, But What Are You?, answer the following trivia question:

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GET LIT (ALL WEEK LONG): Win a copy of Samantha Bee's I Know I Am, But What Are You?

POSTED: Friday, June 18, 2010, 2:00 PM

Welcome to Book Quarterly Trivia Week! From now till June 23, we'll be inundating you with opportunities to win free copies of books from our Summer BQ. For the first time in BQTW's history, we've got copies of every single book we've reviewed, previewed and shouted out (even in Icepack!). So keep an eye out at 9 a.m., noon and 3 every day for plenty of chances to win.

Gallery, 242 pp., $25, June 1

Who doesn't love Samantha Bee? The Daily Show funny lady's got a new memoir — I Know I Am, But What Are You? — and she'll be sharing her trials and tribulations tomorrow afternoon at the Free Library. To celebrate, we're giving away a free copy. Here's what CP Editor in Chief Brian Howard had to say about Bee in this week's Arts section:

Most Senior Correspondent Samantha Bee is the most recognizable squawking head of Jon Stewart's cabal of satirical Daily Show pundits. Knowing that comes in handy while reading I Know I Am, But What Are You?, Bee's literary debut. Handy because her candid collection of autobiographical essays from her admittedly bizarre upbringing and early adulthood is enhanced if you imagine them delivered with Bee's sprightly deadpan voice and rubber-faced comedic inflections. There's the story of her youthful infatuation with Jesus ("Man-wich"). Of being mistaken for her mother's partner ("May December Never Come"). Of a hot-but-dense roommate who believed gerbil is pronounced "gurr-bull." Of course, Bee disagrees. "Who in the world would want to hear this with my voice?" jokes the 40-year-old on the phone from her New York office. "I just recorded the audio book of this, which is just the weirdest thing. I would rather I had Patrick Stewart read my book. But he's expensive."

To win a copy of I Know I Am, But What Are You?, answer the following trivia question:

What's the name of the Toronto sketch comedy troupe Bee co-founded and performed in before joining The Daily Show?

E-mail me at carolyn.huckabay@citypaper.net for a chance to win, and be sure to put "Samantha Bee" in the subject line. Keep an eye on Critical Mass today: We've got Brian Howard's Q&A with Samantha Bee this afternoon, plus giveaways of The Philadelphia Phillies: An Extraordinary Tradition and The Hundred Foot Journey. [UPDATE, 9:50 a.m.]: Congrats to Liza, who correctly identified Bee's comedy troupe as the Atomic Fireballs.

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