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The More Personal the Joke, the Bigger the Laugh (and More Lessons from a Career in Cartoons)

The More Personal the Joke, the Bigger the Laugh (and More Lessons from a Career in Cartoons)

David Sipress on Comic Timing on the Stage and the Page

By David Sipress | March 11, 2022

“We’re stuck being described as ‘exploding infants.’” Watch PJ O’Rourke on Baby Boomers.

“We’re stuck being described as ‘exploding infants.’” Watch PJ O’Rourke on Baby Boomers.

By Jonny Diamond | February 18, 2022

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

“No topic is off-limits for comedy.”

By Maeve Higgins | January 28, 2022

Kingsley Amis’s Instructions for Coping with Hangovers, Both Physical and Metaphysical

Kingsley Amis’s Instructions for Coping with Hangovers, Both Physical and Metaphysical

Avoid at All Costs: Cigarettes, Cold Showers, and Evelyn Waugh

By Kingsley Amis | January 18, 2022

Lights, Camera... Corn: 15 Quintessentially Midwestern Movies to Watch After <em>Fargo</em>

Lights, Camera... Corn: 15 Quintessentially Midwestern Movies to Watch After Fargo

Charlie Berens Recommends Heartland Classics, from Purple Rain to Planes, Trains and Automobiles

By Charlie Berens | November 19, 2021

10 new definitions of autofiction.

10 new definitions of autofiction.

By Walker Caplan | October 21, 2021

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The Last-Resort Move That Made My Students Smile

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The Myth of True Love Hurts Us All—Especially Women

The Myth of True Love Hurts Us All—Especially Women

Jen Winston on the True Love Industrial Complex and the Rejuvenating Power of Queerness

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How to Be Married, in 16 Simple and Completely F*cking Unrealistic Steps

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Kimberly Harrington Breaks Down the Ridiculous Expectations of Lifelong Partnership

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How to Deal with Rejection (and Get Revenge) Like Edgar Allan Poe

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Read Kay Ryan’s hilarious, lacerating first-person reporting on AWP.

Read Kay Ryan’s hilarious, lacerating first-person reporting on AWP.

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Ten campus novels as op-eds about the dangers of wokeness.

Ten campus novels as op-eds about the dangers of wokeness.

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Breaking news: Men still don't know how to write women.

Breaking news: Men still don't know how to write women.

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