A Man Called Otto
2022
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Feb 20, 2024 · After discussing the possibility for months, Birbiglia and Stein decided to have a baby together. And after a difficult pregnancy, they welcomed daughter Oona in 2015. But it took the new dad a...
- As Birbiglia once told Ophira Eisenberg: Stein is Jewish, he is Catholic, and “together we’re nothing.”
- Birbiglia said in 2007 that, when it came to their city hall wedding, he went along with it because, “I still didn’t believe in the idea of being married and I still don’t.
- Until recently, she kept her poetry a secret from the world. As she tells Brenda O’Meara in this podcast, aside from Birbiglia and some poet friends, she didn’t tell anyone what name she was writing under or when anything she wrote was published.
- She’s written five chapbooks of poetry: Talking Doll, Mary, Corner Office, Occasionally, I Remove Your Brain Through Your Nose and of course, Little Astronaut, which has a lot of poems about breastfeeding and motherhood (and where the three poems from The New One are published).
They agreed to have a baby, and, after a difficult pregnancy, Stein gave birth to their daughter, Oona, in 2015. But Birbiglia struggled to bond with her. It wasn't until Oona began talking that...
- Jen Stein Is A Poet
- Jen Stein and Mike Birbiglia Married in 2008
- Jen Is A Producer and Published Poet
Born Jennifer Hope Stein, she often goes by J. Hope Stein, Jenny Stein, and Jen Hope Stein. Her father, Alan Stein, is a psychoanalyst with a private practice based in New York. He is married to Gale Greenberg, also a psychotherapist in New York. Jen has at least two siblings, including Trisha Brooke Stein, who was an assistant district attorney in...
As she embarked on her career in poetry, Stein was faced with the devastating death of a boyfriend. She channeled her grief into poems until she decided to give up writing to get over his death. She sought a corporate job and left poetry in the past. She would later meet Mike Birbiglia, a comedian and writer, who encouraged her to get back into wri...
While Birbiglia makes people laugh, Jen has supported his career behind the scenes. She has worked as a producer and creative consultant on Birbiglia’s Don’t Think Twice, Sleepwalk with Me, and Mike Birbiglia: My Girlfriend’s Boyfriend. Since becoming parents, the couple’s creative inspiration has been their daughter. Stein’s poems about being a mo...
- Female
- Poet, Producer
- American
- Mike Birbiglia
Jul 31, 2020 · The couple now have a daughter, Oona. Birbiglia developed the unexpected turn in his life into the show "The New One," which he toured, performed on Broadway and recorded for a Netflix special,...
Jun 12, 2020 · Mike Birbiglia, the sleepwalker, and Jen Hope Stein, the insomniac. Celeste Sloman for The New York Times. When we bring our daughter Oona home she won’t sleep for a few days. Then a week. Then ...
Dec 10, 2019 · They have one daughter, Oona, born in May 2015. In The New One, Birbiglia talks about the fact that he really didn't want to be a father. He sleepwalks — we'll get into that later — which has ...
