Courtenay Hameister - Writer

It was an absolute joy to be on We Can't Print This with Jason Rouse, Fiona McCann and Eden Dawn. We talked about my Modern Love essay, what it's like to write about the people in your life, and what it's like to be written about. This will come as a shock, but Jason was super charming. I enjoyed every minute of it and I think there are some good takeaways for writers because they asked good questions. 10/10, would recommend being on this fabulous podcast. Get on it!

We Can't Print This: The Villain in Your Own Story, with Courtenay Hameister and Jason Rouse Writers Courtenay Hameister and Jason Rouse on the broken hearts and body shame behind her New York Times Modern Love column, Were We the Fat Couple? You can support We Can’t Print This via Pa...

I am teaching my two-session Humorous Memoir class starting this Saturday with the second class two weeks later on March 9. This is a Zoom class and includes feedback from your classmates and me on a piece up to 1,200 words. I know you've been waiting all your life to benefit from your humiliation, shame and boundless, all-consuming rage. This is your time.

Can't take the class, but have a friend with boundless rage waiting to be mined? Repost or send them a link! It's so easy.

Thanks, friend. I think you're great.

Courtenay Hameister - Writer, Editor, Imposter Syndrome Survivor Author of the book Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went from Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things

Thrilled to be interviewing Chelsea Handler at Revolution Hall on June 20th! This is the tour for her new book, - she'll do a reading and then we'll chat. Unfortunately, Portland's already sold out but you can still buy the book!

I am awful about posting my columns to this page, so here is the first in my Fun With Anxiety series. It's about reading and RVs and leg-shaving.

Welcome to "Fun With Anxiety!" According to the Anxiety and Depression Association of America, 18.1 percent of Americans—that’s 40 million of us—have anxiety. Since Trump was elected in late 2016, that number has gone up. Psychologists have noted a significant rise in “Trump-Related Anxiety,” Barnes and Noble has report...

How are your holiday jollity levels? I HOPE THEY'RE HIGH. OTHERWISE, YOU'RE BROKEN.
~The World

I’m writing you a carol. – Courtenay Hameister – Medium It’s the holidays, and we’re all gathered round and we’re happy. Right? We’re all so happy. Gloriously, perfectly happy. Because it’s the…

Thrilled to be reading from Okay Fine Whatever at Broadway Books in Portland on Tuesday, October 9th! I'd love to see you there!

An animated adaptation of my book introduction, with art by Karen Wippich, music by Jim Brunberg and Ben Landsverk, animated and edited by Nick Wichman and directed and produced by Marie Murphy. I'm very proud of it, and all the insanely talented and generous people who participated in creating it. Hope you enjoy it!

Okay Fine Whatever, by Courtenay Hameister - Book Trailer Okay Fine Whatever: The Year I Went From Being Afraid of Everything to Only Being Afraid of Most Things Available for pre-order from your favorite independen...

So, Hi**er's pi**ed.

Hi**er Crawls Back from Hell to Ask People to Stop Comparing Him to Trump In an astonishing turn of events, Adolph Hi**er, who’s been burning in eternal hellfire since his death in 1945, has clawed his way up to the earth’s surface to make it clear that he’s nothing like Donald Trump. Immediately booked on Tucker Carlson’s show, Hi**er seemed super annoyed when th...

I'll be on the panel for this event, and I'd love to see your bright smiling face!

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Courtland Sykes seems like a nice man. But he doesn't know what it's like to have snakes wriggling around his brain.

Blame the Snakes in My Head Dear Courtland Sykes: I blame the snakes. Last year, Missouri Senate candidate Courtland Sykes was asked what he thought of women’s rights by the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, and his answers surfaced last week. According to his 11-page response, he supports the right of his fiancée, Obsession by Calv...

Melania is...not mad?

An Open Letter to Stormy Daniels and Anyone Else Who’s Slept With My Husband, by Melania Trump Dear Stormy, First of all, I want to start by saying I really admire your work. I watched Two Girls for Every Girl 2 without ever seeing the original, and you brought me into the story so effortlessly. I enjoyed Good Will Hu***ng as well, but Two Girls is really your Citizen Kane. I know there’s a...