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Amy Collier on Combining Abortion and Comedy

Amy Collier on Combining Abortion and Comedy

In Conversation with Kirsten Reneau for the Micro Podcast

By Micro Podcast | July 1, 2022

Heat, Rain, and Snow in Baltimore: On Reporting in the Pre-Digital Era

Heat, Rain, and Snow in Baltimore: On Reporting in the Pre-Digital Era

David Michael Ettlin Finds Community in the Newsroom

By David Michael Ettlin | June 30, 2022

Art Buchwald in Paris: Fan Letters from Steinbeck, and an Invite to the Most Famous Wedding in the World

Art Buchwald in Paris: Fan Letters from Steinbeck, and an Invite to the Most Famous Wedding in the World

On the Legendary Humorist’s Time with Ben Bradlee, Humphrey Bogart, and the Windsors

By Michael Hill | June 13, 2022

Sloane Crosley on Writing a Novel For People Who Haven’t Figured It Out Yet

Sloane Crosley on Writing a Novel For People Who Haven’t Figured It Out Yet

Kristin Iversen Talks to the Author of Cult Classic

By Kristin Iversen | June 9, 2022

Parenting 101: Does “Because I Said So” Ever Really Work?

Parenting 101: Does “Because I Said So” Ever Really Work?

Scott Hershovitz on Figuring Out Power and Authority with Kids

By Scott Hershovitz | May 4, 2022

How Word Puzzles Tickle the Brain and Satisfy the Soul

How Word Puzzles Tickle the Brain and Satisfy the Soul

A.J. Jacobs on the Joy of Playing With Words

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Being Funny Doesn’t Mean You Can’t Be a Serious Writer

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Gina Sorell on Writing Humor with a Serious Face

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How To Live, Eat, and Drink Like Your Favorite Writers

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“I like my human experience served up with a little silence and restraint.”

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Learning to Love the Accents of New York (And My Own)

Learning to Love the Accents of New York (And My Own)

Coco Mellors on “Collecting” Verbal Quirks

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The Under-Celebrated Erotic Power of... Hamantaschen

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Felicia Berliner on the Line Between Tradition and Transgression

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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.

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Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

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