"...Always hilarious, sometimes touching, and without fail entertaining."
- Brooklyn Magazine
- CBS New York
"One of Five Best Storytelling Shows in New York City."
- Time Out New York Critics' Pick
"One of Five Best Comedy Shows Hosted by Women."
- CBS New York
"A celebrated series."
- The New York Times
"Two times now this show has renewed my faith in this whole storytelling endeavor and what it means in the world."
"Each show was a packed, standing room only crowd that would be lit on fire as the show progressed... Storytellers are permitted to read—if that's how their material is served best—which means it also draws a lot of brilliant writers."
- Ophira Eisenberg, NPR's Ask Me Another
- Midnight Breakfast
"The night proves that, with time and liquor, some of the most painful lessons make the best stories."
- Electric Literature's The Outlet
- Emdashes
"Had a great time at How I Learned last night! Packed to the rafters!"
"One of the best reading series the Big Apple, and possibly the world, has ever known."
"A raucous raconteur series."
- Brokelyn
- Sosh
- NBC New York
"Quasi-social events where literature meets comedy meets performance."
- Brooklyn News Service
"The founder of the How I Learned Series, Blaise Allysen Kearsley, is a charming host with an irrepressible, humming little laugh that seems to be a compromise she’s made with some wicked guffaw within."
- Rachel Lyon, LitWrap
"Best show ever."
Own This City, Books and Comedy.
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Brokelyn: How I Learned Turns 7: Host Blaise Kearsley on how she learned to keep a hit show running'
The Brooklyn Paper: 'Long-running storytelling night relocates to Brooklyn'
Brokelyn: 'The LES' Loss is Brooklyn's Gain'
Time Out New York: 'Say Goodbye to Happy Ending with Special Guests'
The Lo-Down: 'Saying Farewell to Happy Ending'
Used New York City: 'Who's Saying What at the Happy Ending Lounge'
Named one of the Best Reading Series by Time Out New York.
The Awl
Best New York Comedy
BookVibe
Brokelyn
Brooklyn Based
Brooklyn Paper
Brooklyn Vegan
The Culturetrip
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