P.J. O’Rourke
“Dan Zevin yanks the car seats and the sippy cups out of that minivan and sticks a blow Hemi dragster engine back there — I mean in his prose style. In his lifestyle it’s, um… a different matter.”
USA Today
“Like Sedaris, he spreads the laughs throughout his essays and avoids zingers – he tells stories, not jokes. But the persona he creates for himself is more like Barry’s. Zevin wants us to know that he’s just a guy who was once a boy, and that the boy is still alive inside the guy, and that neither of them is entirely comfortable with the grown-up they’ve become.” Read more
The New York Times
“Already, ‘Dan Gets a Minivan’ has been optioned by Happy Madison Productions, Adam Sandler’s film company…” Read more
Variety
“There are no fart jokes. There is no cruelty to animals. No airborne bodily fluids. ‘The Day I Turned Uncool: Confessions of a Reluctant Grown-Up,’ Dan Zevin’s collection of humorous essays on growing older, is part of a wave of urbane, smartly written humor books washing up on Hollywood’s shores.” Read more
The New York Times
“In every generation idealism must bite the dust. But it rarely does so with as much good humor as in Mr. Zevin’s new book….” Read more
Publisher’s Weekly
A chat with Dan about recording the audio edition of his book, the perils of pronunciation, and the dangers of carbonated beverages. Read more
The Boston Globe
“Q. As a suburban dad, do you have your favorite, go-to outfit? A. … I have so much fleece I feel like a Muppet.” Read more
Entertainment Weekly
“While the meaning of life may still elude Xers in 1994, these tips from Dan Zevin’s how-to-fake-it-in-the-Real-World Entry-Level Life offer rays of, if not hope, at least wit.” Read more
Mrs. Linda Zevin (Dan’s Mom)
“He was always a wise-guy. A mensch, but a wise-guy. Even when he was little, I said, ‘Daniel, you keep making wisecracks and one day, someone’s gonna smack you.’ Who knew he’d wind up making a living at it? Well, maybe not a living, but he gets by.”