Parks and Recreation star Aziz Ansari just signed a book deal. Penguin Press announced today that they’ve hired the comedian to write his first book, a semi-academic tome on the subject of romance. The untitled book will focus on “the basic issues facing a single person—whom we meet, how we meet them, and what happens next—have been radically altered by new technologies.” Here’s Ansari, who has talked to academics and done original research for the project, is describing the book in the press release:
You know when you text someone you’re romantically interested in and you don’t hear anything back and then you see them post a photo of a pizza on Instagram? That’s exactly what I want this book to deal with. These are strange conundrums that no generation has ever faced before and it’s a fascinating jumping off point for what I hope will be a very interesting book about modern courtship.
The book is set for a September 2015 release, with Publishers Weekly reporting that Aziz Ansari received $3.5 million to write it, just a few hundred-thousand of the $3.7 million Lena Dunham received for her memoir last year.
