“If I had to say, ‘Is there something I wish I hadn’t written about?,’ well, that’s not something I’m too excited about my boyfriend’s parents reading,” she con-cedes. “That’s why I tell them the books are out of print.”
Even many of Handler’s fans feel she’s got a cruel streak. Still, she doesn’t see herself as mean — in part because she targets herself, too. “If you’re going to make fun of other people, you have to start with making fun of yourself,” she maintains. “And if you’re okay with doing that, it kind of gives you carte blanche to make fun of anybody else.”
Handler signs Vodka at the Tattered Cover LoDo, 1628 16th Street (www.tatteredcover.com, 303-436-1070) tonight at 5 p.m., then headlines a fundraiser for New Genesis, a transitional community for the homeless, at 8 p.m. at the Paramount Theatre, 1621 Glenarm Place. Tickets are $35 to $75, with special $500 VIP passes available. Learn more at 303-623-0106 or www.tickethorse.com — and read an extended Q&A with Handler at blogs.westword.com/latestword.
Sat., Oct. 18, 8 p.m., 2008
