Actor, comedian and author Jenny Slate published her essay collection Lifeform on October 22, 2024. The book, from Little, Brown and Company, follows her journey into motherhood through five phases: Single, True Love, Pregnancy, Baby and Ongoing.
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Lifeform is a collection of essays, several of them written as letters, dreams or imagined therapy sessions. The publisher describes them as genre-bending pieces that depict the journey into motherhood. Her earlier essay collection, Little Weirds, was an instant New York Times bestseller, according to Little, Brown’s catalogue page.
The tour
The Hollywood Reporter reported that the tour would be produced by Live Nation and would launch on the book’s publication date, October 22. The tour was an eight-city run of theatre events in which Slate read from the book and took part in a moderated conversation with the audience.
Listings from the promoter and venues confirm some of the dates:
- October 22, 2024: The Town Hall, New York, at 8:00 pm, the opening date.
- October 27, 2024: Litquake, San Francisco.
- October 29, 2024: Orpheum Theater, Madison, Wisconsin.
The New York listing said tickets would include a signed copy of the book.
What this article does not cover
This article covers a tour that took place in late 2024. It doesn’t cover any later dates, and the ticket prices and full city list are not confirmed here. For current tour information, check the venue or promoter listings directly.
Editor’s note: an earlier version of this article listed ticket prices and tour cities that could not be verified against the tour’s own listings. Those details have been removed.
Sources
- Little, Brown and Company, Lifeform (publication date 22 October 2024), via Linden Tree Books: https://www.lindentreebooks.com/lifeform.html
- The Hollywood Reporter, Jenny Slate announces her Lifeform national book tour: https://uk.news.yahoo.com/jenny-slate-announces-her-lifeform-130000648.html
- BrooklynVegan, Jenny Slate announces tour for new memoir Lifeform: https://www.brooklynvegan.com/jenny-slate-announces-tour-for-new-memoir-lifeform-brooklynvegan-presale-for-nyc-show/
- The Town Hall, Jenny Slate: LIFEFORM Tour (22 October 2024, New York): https://www.thetownhall.org/event/jenny-slate-lifeform-tour
- Litquake, Jenny Slate: LIFEFORM Tour (27 October 2024, San Francisco): https://www.litquake.org/events-1/jenny-slate-lifeform-tour
- WPR, Jenny Slate’s LIFEFORM book tour at the Orpheum, Madison (29 October 2024): https://wpr.org/books/jenny-slate-motherhood-lifeform-beta