Last year, we told you an Instagram account run by 25-year-old Samantha Jayne was going viral for humorously illustrating the daily struggles of post-college life. Now the Millennial artist has landed a book deal for Quarter Life Poetry: Poems for the Young, Broke and Hangry, which Grand Central Publishing is betting 20-somethings or moms with “unwed daughters” will purchase. The “woe-is-us Millennial struggle book” has become a trend in the publishing industry, which finds many of the genre’s young writers through blogs and social media. The books, which read “as if your best friend is talking to you,” can provide advice, but mostly make Millennials feel like they aren’t alone. (Washington Post)
