Harvard Book Store and the Cambridge Public Library welcome 
Jamie Loftus
—comedian, Emmy-nominated TV writer, and podcaster—to celebrate the paperback release of her New York Times bestseller 
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
. She will be joined in conversation by 
Tori Bedford
—Associate Producer for Boston Public Radio.
Ticketing
RSVP for free to this event or choose the "Book-Included" ticket to reserve a paperback copy of 
Raw Dog 
and pick it up at the event. Jamie Loftus
 
will sign copies of her book after the presentation.
Note: Books bundled with tickets may only be picked up at the venue the night of the event, and cannot be picked up in-store beforehand. Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at Harvard Book Store up to 30 days following the event. This offer expires after 30 days. Please note we cannot guarantee signed copies will be available to ticket holders who do not attend the event.
About 
Raw Dog
Part travelogue, part culinary history, all capitalist critique—comedian Jamie Loftus's
 New York Times
 bestselling debut takes us on a cross-country road trip, and explores what hot dogs say about America now.
Now in paperback with a brand-new author introduction!
Hot dogs. Poor people created them. Rich people found a way to charge fifteen dollars for them. They’re high culture, they’re low culture, they’re sports food, they’re kids' food, they’re hangover food, and they’re deeply American, despite having no basis whatsoever in America's Indigenous traditions. You can love them, you can hate them, but you can’t avoid the great American hot dog.
Raw Dog: The Naked Truth About Hot Dogs
 is part investigation into the cultural and culinary significance of hot dogs and part travelogue documenting a cross-country road trip researching them as they’re served today. From avocado and spice in the West to ass-shattering chili in the East to an entire salad on a slice of meat in Chicago, Loftus, her pets, and her ex eat their way across the country during the strange summer of 2021. It’s a brief window into the year between waves of a plague that the American government has the resources to temper, but not the interest.
So grab a dog, lay out your picnic blanket, and dig into the delicious and inevitable product of centuries of violence, poverty, and ambition, now rolling around at your local 7-Eleven.
Bios
Jamie Loftus
 is a comedian, Emmy-nominated TV writer, and podcaster. She’s worked as a staff writer on 
Teenage Euthanasia
,
 Robot Chicken
, and 
Star Trek: Lower Decks
, and wrote and starred in her own web series for Comedy Central. She writes and hosts popular limited-run podcasts—“My Year In Mensa” (2019), “Lolita Podcast” (2020), “Aack Cast” (2021), and “Ghost Church” (2022)—and cohosts, with screenwriter Caitlin Durante, a podcast on the How Stuff Works Network called “the Bechdel Cast.” She has her baby teeth bronzed and loaded into a slingshot.
Tori Bedford
 is an Associate Producer for Boston Public Radio. She holds a B.S. in Journalism from Emerson College, where she worked as a public affairs producer, News Director, and half of the
 
George and Tori Show
 (the Tori half) weekday mornings on WERS. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking, playing piano, and reading books about serial killers.
Masking Policy
Masks are encouraged but not required for this event.
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