"I Wouldn't Do That If I Were Me": The w and wisdom of Jason Gay | WYPR

Contents:

• WSJ+ LIVE: JASON GAY ON HIS NEW BOOK, 'I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I WERE ME'
• EXCERPT: JASON GAY REFLECTS ON THE HUMBLG NATURE OF GOLF HIS NEW BOOK “I WOULDN’T DO THAT IF I WERE ME”
• "I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I WERE ME": THE W AND WISDOM OF JASON GAY
• JASON GAY

WSJ+ LIVE: JASON GAY ON HIS NEW BOOK, 'I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I WERE ME'

LIVE Q&A Replay | December 13, 2022WSJ+ tak you si Jason Gay's new book, 'I Wouldn't Do That If I Were Me.

' Tune for this light-hearted, yet poignant discsn wh the Journal's Joanna Stern, senr personal tech lumnist, and Jason Gay, our humor and sports lumnist, about how his world-view has changed sce beg a father for the first time, livg through a panmic and how to fd humor our changg society. Jason GayJoanna Stern. Case pot: Jason Gay, who by day is the Sports and Humor Columnist for the The Wall Street Journal.

EXCERPT: JASON GAY REFLECTS ON THE HUMBLG NATURE OF GOLF HIS NEW BOOK “I WOULDN’T DO THAT IF I WERE ME”

Like many people, Gay embraced golf the early days of the panmic. Excerpted om I Wouldn’t Do That If I Were Me: Morn Blunrs and Most Triumphs (but Mostly Blunrs) by Jason Gay.

Like many of , Jason Gay didn't see this g: a rhaped world, on edge, often stuck at home, qutng everythg, tryg to navigate a digal landspe that chang how we thk, parent, ach, and live. Wh a seri of topil and ternnected personal piec, Gay illy tak on this new state of beg, lookg for the optimism and joy the face of disuragement. From the most thrills of Ltle League parentg to reckong wh the impendg ath of a close iend, Gay's says n the gamut of morn life and he approach all wh huy, grace, and more than a few lghs.

Gay provis by the tckload. "--Veyard Gazette"Gay is the Sefeld of parenthood. Gay sh headlong to his mistak, watch them pile, and extracts if not wisdom, a kd of wise rignatn that such snaf are evable and better lighted than mourned.

"I WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I WERE ME": THE W AND WISDOM OF JASON GAY

"--Vogue"Wty Wall Street Journal sports lumnist Gay shar self-pretg vigt and observatns.... Capturg the mutiae of everyday life, Gay lghs at all and tri to make sense of durg the panmic era. Gay's self-pretg lked says are thought-provokg and funny, which is a wng batn.

Gay's wngly self-pretg voice will keep rears hooked. "--Gretchen Rub, thor of The Happs Project---Praise for Jason Gay and Ltle Victori"[Gay] balanc sights wh a droll, self-pretg small feat given the difficulty providg guidance that is at once relevant--neher too specific nor too vague--and also genuely funny.

Rears will alternately feel the urge to lgh and cry at Gay's irreverent, wty wrg. "--Publishers Weekly"A tle for everyone, not jt sports fans, and all will root for Gay and his "ltle victori" and feel spired, too.

JASON GAY

Jason Gay's Ltle Victori is funny, wise, direct, ceptively straight-forward and credibly movg. "--Elizabeth Gilbert, btsellg thor of Eat, Pray, Love and Big Magic: Creative Livg Beyond Fear"Jason Gay's l for livg will make you lgh out loud, and also make a whole lot of sense. Thankfully, Jason Gay has wrten a life gui for people like me--and you.

"--Diane Muldrow, btsellg thor of Everythg I Need to Know I Learned om a Ltle Goln Book New York Tim btsellg thor Jason Gay tak a humoro and sightful look at life the face of a seemgly overwhelmg seri of ongog societal change and phenomena that we never anticipated, explorg the effects on parenthood, marriage, iendship, work, play, and all aspects of the strange liv we fd ourselv livg. Like many of , Jason Gay didn’t see this g: a rhaped world, on edge, often stuck at home, qutng everythg, tryg to navigate a digal landspe that chang how we thk, parent, ach, and live. The Wall Street Journal lumnist and btsellg thor of Ltle Victori tak a humoro and sightful look at life the face of overwhelmg societal change that we never anticipated—om the effects on parenthood, marriage, iendship, work, and play to all other aspects of the strange liv we fd ourselv many of , Jason Gay didn’t see this g: a rhaped world, on edge, often stuck at home, qutng everythg, tryg to navigate a digal landspe that chang how we thk, parent, ach, and live.

GenrNonfictnHumorEssaysAudbookPublished November 1, 2022About the thorJason Gay is The Wall Street Journal’s sports lumnist and a humor lumnist for s Review sectn. Wre to Jason at, and follow him on Twter @jasongay.

Ratgs & ReviewsFriends & Followg Communy ReviewsDisplayg 1 - 30 of 32 reviews61 reviews29 followersFebary 13, 2023Jason Gay should stick to sports wrg.

567 reviews45 followersNovember 19, 2022As a begng, the spir of the g season, one needs to unrstand that Jason Gay is the sports and humor lumnist for a major fancial newspaper. Gay has assembled a thoroughly enjoyable set of reflectns on the absurdy of life.

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