Tell Me I'm an Artist Audiobook

Quotes

• “Perfectly probes the collision of financial insecurity and artistic self-doubt.”

  — NPR

• “The great contemporary American novel about class. Martin’s debut captures the often unconsidered ways that class will shape a life.”

  — Seattle Times

• “A novel for anyone who’s ever thought, ‘WTF am I doing?’ about their art.”

  — Nylon

• “It’s the larger feminist question ungirding these pages that gives the book its weight: What do women owe their families? And what happens when they cut those ties to become artists?”

  — San Francisco Chronicle

• “A resonant and moving portrait of an artist searching for her identity.”

  — Chicago Review of Books

• “The art school comedy of manners gives way to a deeper story…An unconventional and subtly powerful coming-of-age story.”

  — Kirkus Reviews (starred review)

• “An intimate, funny, and poignant portrait of a youthful, artful life in flux.”

  — Shondaland

• “A stunning, hilarious, perfect ode to growing up and growing into yourself…A masterpiece and a piece of comedic genius.”

  — Literary Hub

• “Delineates the way the creative process can be a conduit for either self-discovery or self-annihilation.”

  — KQED Arts (San Francisco)

• “Actress Devon Sorvari’s deft narration conveys the pressures on Joey, poignantly expressing her inner thoughts and wry humor.”

  — Library Journal (audio review)

• ”Explores a vital love story not often told—that of an artist’s passionate, tumultuous, and often absurd relationship with her art.”

  — Hallie Bateman, author of Directions

• “Anyone who has ever tried to do meaningful work in spite of a growing suspicion that nothing matters will find a home in this hilarious, heart-piercing book.”

  — Emily Gould, author of Perfect Tunes