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Mia Mercado on the Inherent Anxieties in Performing “Niceness”

Mia Mercado on the Inherent Anxieties in Performing “Niceness”

“When I’m nice, who am I being nice to? What am I being nice for?”

By Mia Mercado | August 30, 2022

Guy Delisle on Meeting His Cartoonist Idol, José Muñoz

Guy Delisle on Meeting His Cartoonist Idol, José Muñoz

From Guy Delisle's World Record Holders

By Guy Delisle | August 29, 2022

What Happens When You Offer Grammar Advice to Complete Strangers in the Middle of Manhattan

What Happens When You Offer Grammar Advice to Complete Strangers in the Middle of Manhattan

Ellen Jovin on Spreading the Joy and Empowerment of Language

By Ellen Jovin | July 26, 2022

Executing Funny in Memoir with One of the Most Celebrated Cartoonists of Our Time

Executing Funny in Memoir with One of the Most Celebrated Cartoonists of Our Time

David Sipress Guests on the Write-minded Podcast, Hosted by Brooke Warner and Grant Faulkner

By Memoir Nation | July 11, 2022

You couldn’t write a sentence this bad IF YOU TRIED.

You couldn’t write a sentence this bad IF YOU TRIED.

By Jonny Diamond | July 1, 2022

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

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

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

By Michael Hill | June 13, 2022

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

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

By A.J. Jacobs | April 27, 2022

Caren Beilin on (Incidentally) Writing a Funny Book

Caren Beilin on (Incidentally) Writing a Funny Book

In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 27, 2022

Molly Shannon on Defying the Gatekeepers, Getting Mugged, and Her Most Iconic <em>SNL</em> Characters

Molly Shannon on Defying the Gatekeepers, Getting Mugged, and Her Most Iconic SNL Characters

In Conversation with Erin Hosier at Cuyahoga County Public Library

By Erin Hosier | April 25, 2022

When Joan Rivers (Finally) Got Her Big Break

When Joan Rivers (Finally) Got Her Big Break

“Thirty-one years of people saying ‘no.’ Ten minutes on television and it was all over.”

By Shawn Levy | April 8, 2022

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

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

Gina Sorell on Writing Humor with a Serious Face

By Gina Sorell | April 6, 2022

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

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

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

By Literary Hub | March 28, 2022

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