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Aisha Tyler on Possibly the Worst Night of Her Comedy Life

Aisha Tyler on Possibly the Worst Night of Her Comedy Life

What Could Go Wrong Doing Stand-Up at a Southern Christian College?

By Aisha Tyler | July 12, 2018

My Life is Like a Movie... Starring Librarians!

My Life is Like a Movie... Starring Librarians!

Kristen Arnett Comes to Terms with Libraries in Pop Culture

By Kristen Arnett | June 6, 2018

How to Run Storytime Without Boring Everyone to Death

How to Run Storytime Without Boring Everyone to Death

(Or Suffering a Nervous Breakdown)

By Kristen Arnett | May 16, 2018

For Libraries, the

For Libraries, the "Customer is Always Right" Might Be Wrong

Kristen Arnett: Hard Lessons Learned from the Front Desk

By Kristen Arnett | May 2, 2018

Essential DIY Tips for Surviving Slashed Library Budgets

Essential DIY Tips for Surviving Slashed Library Budgets

Kristen Arnett Finds (Figurative) Gems in the Trash

By Kristen Arnett | April 18, 2018

Are You Pregnant? Can I Have Some Creamer? And Other Questions I Get at the Library

Are You Pregnant? Can I Have Some Creamer? And Other Questions I Get at the Library

Kristen Arnett is Back with More Tales from the Library

By Kristen Arnett | April 4, 2018

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What Exactly Does a Librarian Do? Everything.

By Kristen Arnett | March 21, 2018

Want to Hear a Dirty Joke? Get a Woman to Tell It

By Eileen Pollack | January 4, 2018

Fake News and the Rise of Fascism in the 1920s

By Philip Ó Ceallaigh | September 14, 2017

<em>South Park</em> and the Dark Comedy of Our Deepest Fears

South Park and the Dark Comedy of Our Deepest Fears

Kayla Rae Whitaker on Two Decades of Vulgar Escapism

By Kayla Rae Whitaker | January 31, 2017

Donald Trump: All of the Worst Fictional Presidents Rolled into One

Donald Trump: All of the Worst Fictional Presidents Rolled into One

Alan Glynn on the Satirical Fever Dream That Came to Life

By Alan Glynn | January 20, 2017

How Donald Trump is Killing Comedy

How Donald Trump is Killing Comedy

When the Physical Manifestation of Bloviating Hyperbole and Self-Satire Takes Over TV

By Zack Stovall | October 20, 2016

I'll Sell You A Dog

I'll Sell You A Dog

Juan Pablo Villalobos, trans. Rosalind Harvey

By Lit Hub Excerpts | October 11, 2016

The Field of the Cloth of Gold

The Field of the Cloth of Gold

Magnus Mills

By Lit Hub Excerpts | August 18, 2016

The Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day I Woke Up As a Debut Author

The Terrible, No Good, Very Bad Day I Woke Up As a Debut Author

Jade Sharma Tries to Be Happy About the Publication of Problems

By Jade Sharma | August 4, 2016

How the Writer Uses Humor: Aleksandar Hemon

How the Writer Uses Humor: Aleksandar Hemon

The Two Founding Members of Future Band "Freemon" In Conversation in Sarajevo

By John Freeman | July 28, 2016

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