Low-Hanging Fruit: Sparkling Whines, Champagne Problems, and Pressing Issues from My Gay Agenda

YouTube comedian Rainbow (Playing with Myself) unloads on politics, dating, and social media, among other topics, in this side-splitting essay collection. Recounting an exasperating phone exchange with a customer service representative, Rainbow recalls his “inner Karen wanting to escape” like Bruce Banner transforming into the Hulk: “My short brown hair was suddenly sprouting a freshly ironed blond bob, and my normal civilian clothes began tearing at the seams to reveal mom jeans.” In a eulogy to his attention span, Rainbow laments how the internet has eroded his enjoyment of offline activities, noting how much he misses “being able to watch an entire movie... without having to Wikipedia the plot less than fifteen minutes in.” Elsewhere, he reminisces on memorable hookups, confesses to benign offenses to get ahead of potential attempts to cancel him (“I hoarded a large quantity of pocket-sized Bath & Body Works scented hand sanitizers during COVID”), and serves up a Shakespearean poem bemoaning his flat rear end (“O would that I had an ass, most coveted of gay-boy bumps”). Rainbow’s saucy takes on the maladies of modern life position him as a kind of millennial Larry David, and the wry humor lives up to that comparison. This will leave readers with a smile. Agent: Anthony Matteo, CAA. (Oct.)