Taylor Tomlinson, In Conversation

In Actually, Nevermind—a collection of sharply observed, funny, and moving original essays—comedian Taylor Tomlinson takes you on a tour of her brain and her shifting opinions about everything from love and relationships, mental health and therapy, religion and sex, food and body image, being the eldest daughter and the only woman in late-night TV, to ghosts, morning people, and more. As she approaches thirty-four—the same age her mother was at her death—Tomlinson grapples with fear and ambition, identity and doubt, and all the ways her mind has changed since the day her mom died.

With the same unflinching honesty that fuels her critically acclaimed stand-up specials, Tomlinson captures the dizzying contradictions of adulthood in the modern world: wanting independence while craving reassurance, chasing self-improvement while resisting change, and finally learning that certainty can be overrated.

Tomlinson has been named one of The Hollywood Reporter’s 100 Most Powerful Women in Entertainment, Forbes’s 30 Under 30, and Time’s 100 Next.