Mike Birbiglia

Mike Birbiglia explores his ambivalence about parenthood in the new book, The New One: Painfully True Stories from a Reluctant Dad. Stein collaborated on the memoir, contributing her side of the story through poems, published under the name J. Hope Stein.

The comic behind the semi-autobiographical films. Sleepwalk with Me and My Girlfriend's Boyfriend has a new fictional film - which still has some personal resonance - about a improv comedy group and what happens when one member gets a job on a popular TV sketch comedy show.

The comedian co-wrote a film with Ira Glass, of public radio's This American Life, about his life and sleepwalking disorder. But making Sleepwalk With Me, based on Birbiglia's one-man show and comedic memoir, caused Birbiglia anxiety — which exacerbated his disorder.