A Game Designer Who Loved Bunny by Mona Awad

Seth Rubin Blind Date with a Book

Today, we’re setting up Seth Rubin, a queer, trans, and nonbinary Los Angeles-based comedian and writer.

Seth’s writing has been published in The New Yorker, The Onion, Reductress, McSweeney’s, and more. They currently write full-time for Jackbox Games, and they were named one of Gold Comedy’s 22 Comedians to Watch in 2022.

With a PhD in geology up their sleeve, Seth’s on-the-spot TED talk would be about volcanoes. They’re a snob about ice cream and movies, and they don’t consider themselves a romantic. A perfect Saturday for Seth includes waking up late, brunch and the Saturday crossword, and going to the movies or a bookstore. Seth has twenty tattoos, but would love to add one of a sandwich.

Seth recently read and enjoyed Bunny by Mona Awad and Barbara Kingsolver’s Demon Copperhead. But which read will they choose next?

Seth's Book Dates

Round 1 Picks

Outline by Rachel Cusk

Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow by Gabrielle Zevin

Ripe by Sarah Rose Etter

Round 2 Picks

Magic for Beginners by Kelly Link

Mrs. S by K. Patrick

People Collide by Isle McElroy

Featured Bookstores

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Marble City Books in Gouverneur, NY

Published by Kristen Evans

Kristen Evans is a culture writer and content strategist with a background in non-profit development. You can find her work in The Believer, Brooklyn Magazine, The Los Angeles Times, LA Weekly, Literary Hub, and NYLON, among other outlets. Please talk to her about books on Twitter, where she spends too much time tweeting as @paperalphabet.