"I didn’t know that people really get surprised on TV!” Slate remarked. "My heart is beating so fast and I love you so much." ...

We’ve got a Pawnee family reunion to show you, and it’s as sweet as Sweetums. Jenny Slate got a heartwarming surprise on ...

Slate, known for her crackling standup and for voicing Marcel the Shell, a lovably diminutive, single-eyed seashell, here ...

It Ends With Us' and 'Marcel the Shell With Shoes On' actor Jenny Slate chats with The Times about her book 'Lifeform,' ...

The actress and author of Lifeform takes our literary survey.

Jenny Slate’s new book, Lifeform, deals with the “duality” of motherhood — and like most mothers, she had to juggle working while raising a child. Slate, 42, who shares daughter Ida Lupine ...

By Seija Rankin Senior Editor Jenny Slate describes the experience of writing her first book as something akin to standing in the rubble of her life and sending a message out to the world that she ...

Jenny Slate got real about the realities of being postpartum and feeling what she called a "purple-dark hole" after giving ...

Welcome to Shelf Life, ELLE.com’s books column, in which authors share their most memorable reads. Whether you’re on the hunt for a book to console you, move you profoundly, or make you laugh ...

The writer, actor and comedian had to learn to balance motherhood and creative work, but she wasn't alone in the process Cindy Ord/VF23/Getty Images, Little, Brown and Company Jenny Slate and Ben ...