How Y'all Doing?: Misadventures and Mischief from a Life Well Lived

In this must-read essay collection that reflects his sardonic, sarcastic voice, viral sensation and Emmy Award winner Leslie Jordan regales fans with engaging stories about the strange, amusing, and unforgettable incidents in his life.

Actor Leslie Jordan had no idea how much his life was about to alter or what it meant to have "gone viral." His outrageous videos on Instagram have amused millions of people and elevated him to a worldwide star. He now transfers his exuberance to the written word with this anthology of personal and caustic pieces.

How Y'all Doing?, bursting with color and life and oozing with his puckish Southern charm, is Leslie doing what she does best—telling stories that cheer us up even on the worst of days and make us laugh. Leslie fills every narrative with his raw, sensual humor and unadulterated heart, whether he's writing about his run-in with a group of thugs in a West Hollywood Starbucks or receiving an unexpected call from famous Hollywood star Debbie Reynolds.

How are all of you doing? is an accurate, affectionate, and exuberant depiction of an American Sweetheart—a Southern Baptist starlet, excellent raconteur, and astute observer of life's peculiarities, whose wacky humor equals that of Amy Sedaris, Jenny Lawson, David Rakoff, and Sarah Vowell.