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James Geary

James Geary
James Geary, the deputy curator at Harvard University’s Nieman Foundation for Journalism, is the author most recently of Wit's End: What Wit Is, How It Works, and Why We Need It.
https://bookshop.org/books/wit-s-end-what-wit-is-how-it-works-and-why-we-need-it/9780393357592


The Unmade Edges of Language: On the Poetry of Alvin Feinman

James Geary: "Alvin’s poems exist at the extreme reaches of speech, the far outskirts of thought."
January 25, 2021  By James Geary
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Making Dad Jokes is, in Fact, a Neurological Condition

James Geary Suggests You Take It Easy on Your Old Man This Holiday Season
December 18, 2018  By James Geary
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