Risk!: 50 True Stories of the Bold Experiences that Define Us

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PostSecret meets The Moth in creator of the outrageous Risk! podcast Kevin Allison's RISK!: True Stories People Never Thought They'd Dare to Share, a collection of essays by actors, comedians, and everyday people about the experiences that define us. RISK! is a book of secrets, both bad and beautiful, devoted to the understanding that the truth will set you free--and keep you laughing and crying. Bringing together essays from writers and comedians including Jonah Ray, Lili Taylor, and Michael Ian Black, RISK! captures the formative moments in our lives that we are typically too afraid to share. Topics range from trauma to sexuality to love to loss to finally understanding what human connection means. Edited and with an introduction by Kevin Allison, the creator and host of the RISK! podcast, this collection is a must-read for anyone who loves vivid, brutally honest stories.

With his writing and acting work on MTV's legendary sketch comedy series, The State, as well as on Reno 911!, High Maintenance, Blue Man Group and more, Kevin Allison has created all kinds of stories. In 2009, he launched RISK!, the live show and podcast where people tell true stories they never thought they'd dare to share, which is downloaded over 2.5 million times per month. Allison is also the founder of The Story Studio in New York, where he has taught the art of storytelling to bestselling authors, well-known comedians, and executives from a range of fields.

Brit + Co, 12 Books You'll Want to Read on the Beach This Summer Amazon, Best Books of the Month AOL.com, 14 Beach Reads Kobo, Most Anticipated Nonfiction, Best Books of the Month RISK! gives a platform to stories rarely heard, to people rarely represented and their most insane experiences. This book pushes us to live lives that inspire stories like these, to take risks you wanna live through to tell the stories about.--Ilana Glazer, co-creator and co-star of Broad City RISK! uncovers life at its most hilarious and terrifying. Each story leads readers over a tripwire and leaves you thinking, 'Wow...' --Glynn Washington, host of WNYC's Snap Judgment RISK! will move you to live fiercely and share your wildest truths! --John Hodgman, actor, humorist, and New York Times bestselling author of Vacationland [A] fascinating book...Naughty, funny, and scary in ways that will make you think, feel, and maybe even want to share a story that you never thought you'd dare to.--MetroSource Electric, daring, bold, ribald, terrifying. And that's just the first five stories. --Dan Kennedy, host of The Moth storytelling podcast Evoke[s] both laughter and sadness...These fascinating, affecting confessionals are sure to reach readers beyond the podcast's scope.--Publishers Weekly From out-there tales of cannabalism and almost murder (yes, really) to provocative stories of identity and gender, this collection will make you gasp out loud and perhaps inspire you to live a little larger.--Mind Body Green, "The 5 Books You Won't Be Able to Put Down This July" If you love hearing about real life stories that range from embarrassing to heartwarming to sometimes shocking, you're going to love RISK!--Brit + Co Powerful...The writers in RISK! are unafraid to bare their souls. These stories prove that when you take a chance--in storytelling and in life--anything can happen.--Lisa Lampanelli, Comedian and playwright