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Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast is a book written by Marc Maron and published on October 10, 2017 by Flatiron Books that contains transcriptions from over 800 episodes of his interview podcast WTF with Marc Maron.

Background

The 416-page book was co-written by Marc Maron and Brendan McDonald and was published on October 10, 2017 by the Macmillan Publishers imprint Flatiron Books. The book's foreword was written by John Oliver. The book contains transcriptions from over 800 interviews that Maron has done with guests on his podcast WTF with Marc Maron. Each chapter has a theme and is introduced by a short explanation about what stage of life Maron was going through at the time of the interview. The Toronto Star noted that the interviewees tend to be male comedians. Waiting for the Punch is Maron's third book following his autobiographical books Jerusalem Syndrome and Attempting Normal.

Reception

The Publishers Weekly review of the book called it "deeply moving, inspirational, and witty". Barry Wightman wrote in the Washington Independent Review of Books that he hadn't heard of most of the interviewees and wading through so many disjointed transcriptions made him want "to throw the book across the room" in frustration. Canadian Broadcasting Corporation praised the book saying it is "At once laugh-out-loud funny, heartbreakingly honest, joyous, tragic and powerful". John Warner wrote in the Chicago Tribune that while the book tends to be funny it also has its awkward moments.

References

1. "An insightful collection of interviews about what it means to be human. This book, it turns out, helps explain W is TF". Kirkus Reviews. June 26, 2017. Archived from the original on February 18, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
2. Wright, Megh (April 24, 2017). "Marc Maron's Book 'Waiting for the Punch' Is Out in October". Vulture. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
3. Kanter, Joshua (June 30, 2021). "The Best Books by Your Favorite Podcasters". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on February 3, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
4. Williams, John (October 6, 2017). "Podcast Therapy". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on November 27, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
5. Stephens, Christopher John (October 2, 2017). "Take It on the Chin: Marc Maron's WTF Podcast in Print". PopMatters. Archived from the original on February 24, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
6. Whitlock, Nathan (November 3, 2017). "WTF? Marc Maron's new book is very entertaining". Toronto Star. Archived from the original on February 25, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
7. Husband, Andrew (April 27, 2017). "Comedy Now: Vir Das Goes To Netflix And Marc Maron Writes A 'WTF' Book". Uproxx. Archived from the original on July 17, 2022. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
8. "Waiting for the Punch by Marc Maron". Publishers Weekly. August 28, 2017. Archived from the original on February 25, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
9. Wightman, Barry (October 26, 2017). "Waiting for the Punch: Words to Live by from the WTF Podcast". Washington Independent Review of Books. Archived from the original on May 27, 2021. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
10. "Waiting for the Punch". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. August 15, 2017. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
11. Warner, John (October 18, 2017). "WTF podcast host Marc Maron wrote a self-help book? Of course he did". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on February 25, 2024. Retrieved February 25, 2024.

External links

• Excerpt at Entertainment Weekly
• Selection of quotes at Entertainment Weekly
• Selection of quotes in Parade

• English-language books
• 2017 non-fiction books
• 21st-century non-fiction books
• American non-fiction books
• Flatiron Books books