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Insightful essays, poignant life advice, and pithy pearls of wisdom from one of comedy’s brightest rising stars.
Comedian, writer, actress, and social media star Amanda Seales is a force of nature who has fearlessly and passionately charted her own course through life and career. Now, in her one-of-a-kind voice that blends academic intellectualism, Black American colloquialisms, and pop culture fanaticism, she’s bringing her life’s lessons and laughs to the page. This volume of essays, axioms, original illustrations, and photos provides Seales’s trademark “self-help from the hip” style of commentary, fueled by ideology formed from her own victories, struggles, research, mistakes, risks, and pay-offs. Unapologetic, fiercely funny, and searingly honest, Small Doses engages, empowers, and enlightens readers on how to find their truths while still finding the funny!
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“Amanda is Smart and Funny as Hell. Brave and uncensored, she will tell you the truth about yourself in a way that even you have to laugh at.” Cree Summer, Musician, Actress, Mama
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“It is Amanda’s commitment to her own growth and transformation that creates an empowering space for us all, even in our vulnerabilities. These ‘gems’ announce Amanda as one of the most important voices in our culture!” Brandon Victor Dixon, Actor/Producer/Advocate
About the Author
Amanda Seales is a stand-up comedian/actress/writer, with a masters in African-American studies from Columbia University. You know her as “Tiffany DuBois” on HBO’s Insecure and the creator/host of LA’s hit live black culture game show “Smart Funny & Black.” She released her debut stand-up special, I Be Knowin, on HBO in January 2019, and is the host of the upcoming NBC stand-up comedy show competition Bring the Funny, featuring Chrissy Teigen, Kenan Thompson, and Jeff Foxworthy. She also speaks truth via her wildly popular Instagram and weekly podcast, Small Doses. A Jedi Khaleesi with a patronus that’s a Black Panther with wings, she keeps audiences laughing, thinking, and living in their truth!