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How to Raise a Strapping, Manly Little Boy (Victorian Edition)

How to Raise a Strapping, Manly Little Boy (Victorian Edition)

"Expose the fetus to a good balance of manly influences while in utero."

By Therese Oneill | April 16, 2019

Simpler Times: Janet Malcolm at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity

Simpler Times: Janet Malcolm at Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert's Rally to Restore Sanity

On the Conflation of Liberal Comedy and Political Organization

By Janet Malcolm | February 21, 2019

Elizabeth McCracken: Toward a Unified Theory of the Doughnut

Elizabeth McCracken: Toward a Unified Theory of the Doughnut

In Which the Author of Bowlaway Wonders if One Can Eat a Hole

By Elizabeth McCracken | February 5, 2019

Making Dad Jokes is, in Fact, a Neurological Condition

Making Dad Jokes is, in Fact, a Neurological Condition

James Geary Suggests You Take It Easy on Your Old Man This Holiday Season

By James Geary | December 18, 2018

In Which I, Nathan Englander, Offer Myself Up for Space Force

In Which I, Nathan Englander, Offer Myself Up for Space Force

“I’m Just the Kind of Unqualified Candidate This President Loves.”

By Nathan Englander | August 15, 2018

What If You Win a Comedy Award But Don't Think You're Funny?

What If You Win a Comedy Award But Don't Think You're Funny?

Julie Schumacher, "Funniest Woman in America", on What People Expect of Humor

By Julie Schumacher | August 14, 2018

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How Librarians Survive on the Frontlines of Fake News

By Kristen Arnett | July 18, 2018

Aisha Tyler on Possibly the Worst Night of Her Comedy Life

By Aisha Tyler | July 12, 2018

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

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

What Exactly Does a Librarian Do? Everything.

What Exactly Does a Librarian Do? Everything.

Introducing a New Column by Kristen Arnett

By Kristen Arnett | March 21, 2018

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

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

Eileen Pollack on the Courage and Comic Genius of
Groundbreaking Female Stand-Ups

By Eileen Pollack | January 4, 2018

Fake News and the Rise of Fascism in the 1920s

Fake News and the Rise of Fascism in the 1920s

On the Continued Relevance of Mihail Sebastian’s
For Two Thousand Years

By Philip Ó Ceallaigh | September 14, 2017

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