Blaise Allysen Kearsley's How I Learned series features writers, storytellers, comics, and other raconteurs holding forth on lessons learned, unlearned, relearned or in progress. The How I Learned Series happens once a month, and sometimes more than that, which basically means you will have the best night of your life on those nights, repeatedly.



PRESS for The How I Learned Series

"A celebrated series."
- The New York Times

 "Hostess Blaise Allysen Kearsley makes sure to keep it awkwardly funny."
- CBS New York

 "The night proves that, with time and liquor, some of the most painful lessons make the best stories." 
- Electric Literature's The Outlet

 "Like all life lessons worth a damn, this one's free."
- Time Out NY

"It's the Berlitz of bad behavior."
- Emdashes

"Basically The Moth meets A&E Biography, but live, and featuring NYC microcelebrities." 
-NBC New York

 "Quasi-social events where literature meets comedy meets performance."
-Brooklyn News Service

"The Getting of Wisdom is a more or less eternal narrative structure, hence this series, at which writers and comedians hold forth on aspects of their respective bildungen."
-The L Magazine

How I Learned has also been named a Critics' Pick in three separate Time Out sections: 
Own This City, Books and Comedy.

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Named one of the Best Reading Series of 2012 by Time Out New York. What a way to close out the year!

We're 1 of the 5 Best Storytelling Series in NYC according to Time Out New York Comedy. And we're in great company.
How I Learned is named one of the best things to do on a date in Time Out New York's summer dating issue.
We got a lovely shout out from author, essayist and HIL alum Chloe Caldwell on Book Stalker.
We were mentioned on Critical Mob in the Critical Reads column, the Comedy Relief Edition, in a blurb about writer and HIL alum Courtney Maum.

 How I Learned gets a nod from The New York Freakin' Times.

Time Out New York calls How I Learned "hip" and "energetic." 

The many merits of How I Learned are explained for Tin House in "Six Ways Reading Series Can Improve Your Writing" by HIL alum Courtney Maum.

The October 26th show, "How I Learned To Say I'm Sorry," featuring Elissa Schappell, appears on the front page of Time Out's Books section online. (Right)

Electric Literature's The Outlet covered the April 2011's installment "How I Learned It's Not Me It's You (Or Maybe It's Me)."

CBS New York listed How I Learned as one of the Five Best Things To Do

How I Learned appeared in the "Notable New York" column on The Rumpus.
How I Learned is featured in two separate articles on The Ticker: "How I Learned... live series takes off!" and "How she learned from her 'mis-education.'"

Time Out interviews featured How I Learned guests about the topic "How I Learned What Life is Like."
Flavorpill cites How I Learned as a get-there-early-it-fills-up-fast kind of series.

How I Learned goes to New Orleans for a two-night stand, and gets featured in Best of New Orleans.
How I Learned shows up on the front page of The L Magazine online. (Left)

How I Learned is featured on the front page of Time Out's Own This City blog with a post about learning to live in New York for, what else, the "How I Learned to Live in New York" show.








Other favorable mentions:
Best New York Comedy
Broadway World
G.L.O.C. (Gorgeous Ladies of Comedy)
Galleycat
Gothamist
The Lo-Down
Media Bistro
New York Magazine
New York Observer
New York Press
New York Times' Urban Eye
The Rundown
The Skint
The Village Voice
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