Praise for Chloe Caldwell: "I read it a couple of months ago in one can't-put-it-down-even-though-it's-the-middle-of-the-night sitting. It's as intense and interesting and clear-hearted as they come."—Cheryl Strayed "I'll read anything Chloe Caldwell writes. She's a rare bird: fearless, dark, prolific, unpretentious, and truly honest."—Elisa Albert "Nothing's sexier than first love and first intimacies, and Caldwell's brave autobiographical tale twists the trope into a powerful story about unexpectedly falling in love with a woman and the discoveries, sexual and otherwise, that ensue."— Time Out New York "The essays in this collection are as exuberant as they are sad. Her storytelling is as vulnerable as it is bombastic. These essays roll in gangsta, but wear freshly picked daisies in their hair."— Rookie Magazine Flailing in jobs, failing at love, getting addicted and un-addicted to people, food, and drugs— I'll Tell You in Person is a disarmingly frank account of attempts at adulthood and all the less than perfect ways we get there. Caldwell has an unsparing knack for looking within and reporting back what's really there, rather than what she'd like you to see. Chloe Caldwell is the author of the novella Women , and the essay collection Legs Get Led Astray . Her work has appeared in the Sun , Salon , VICE , Hobart , Nylon , the Rumpus , Men's Health , and LENNY , among others. She teaches personal essay and memoir writing in New York City and lives in Hudson. “[Caldwell’s] seemingly effortless, natural style depicts the complexities of female friendship, the mother-daughter relationship, and other coming-of-age misadventures… It’s Caldwell’s unabashed insistence on exploring queerness on her own terms that might inspire others on their own coming-out journeys.” ―Role Reboot "Chloe Caldwell could easily be considered a veteran among millennial authors. Her forthright honesty and trademark “oversharing” have made her one of the most endearing and exciting writers of a generation." ―Los Angeles Review of Books “Caldwell opens herself up to anything and anyone in order to get to the heart of what it means to be a person of substance.” ―Star Tribune “Author Chloe Caldwell’s voice is quirky and straight-forward as she shares tales of failing at all the things adults fail at, at one point or another.” ―Bustle "In short, ITYIP is the type of book that is tempting to describe as a bible for young women, but which, since it lacks any pomposity or self-seriousness, evades that type of classification. Rather, it feels more like a beautifully written set of field notes, a journal from the front lines of being a young woman, the kind of book that is impossible not to respond to and not to want to press into the hands of all your best friends, the ones that aren’t books." ―Nylon " I'll Tell You In Person is one of the best books I've read this year. I've always enjoyed Chloe Caldwell's personal essays, but there's so much emotional honesty here, such a command of word and self, that it pretty much knocked me on my ass, over and over again." ―Lit Reactor "Chloe Caldwell's I'll Tell You in Person is an intense collection of essays that astonishes with its self-awareness and keen storytelling." ―Largehearted Boy "It’s a fun, funny, heartbreaking book, one that also happens to be compulsively readable." ―Electric Literature “Knitting together the flotsam and jetsam of modern life―frenemies, family, sex, celebrity (Lena Dunham, hilariously), yearning, solitude, bad behavior―[Chloe] writes with caffeinated hindsight, always aiming for the heck-yeah truth.” ―Chronogram , interview “...I’ll Tell You in Person really does feel like an original and personal encounter with a singular individual, a conversation with an old friend you’re catching up with and don’t want to stop listening to.” ―Electric Literature "The job of the personal essayist is to make readers feel as if we know her… Something I’ve always appreciated about Caldwell is how she presents herself―in interviews, blog posts, and essays―as a passionate artist and at the same time, a person with daily stresses and obsessions." ―Vol. 1 Brooklyn “Caldwell is one of the few writers who can take the experience of being down and out and in your 20s or 30s in a big, hip city and make it relatable and interesting.” ―Vol. 1 Brooklyn "Chloe Caldwell is a force. A quirky writer who shares personal details of her life and describes them in a way that never feels like TMI, it’s the opposite. You want more, the result of a trustworthy narrator and a skilled storyteller." ―Hippocampus Magazine "Regardless of one’s capacity for adventure, Caldwell’s essays are destined to inspire within her reader a desire to fully embrace life in all of its guises." ―NewPages “Caldwell’s slender, new collection of essays, following Legs Get Led Astray (2012), is built around formative moments from her twenties that will strike a chord with those w