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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

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

By Coco Mellors | March 25, 2022

The Under-Celebrated Erotic Power of... Hamantaschen

The Under-Celebrated Erotic Power of... Hamantaschen

Felicia Berliner on the Line Between Tradition and Transgression

By Felicia Berliner | March 16, 2022

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

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By Jonny Diamond | February 18, 2022

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

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

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10 new definitions of autofiction.

10 new definitions of autofiction.

By Walker Caplan | October 21, 2021

How Do You Find a Book When You Can’t Remember the Title or the Author?

How Do You Find a Book When You Can’t Remember the Title or the Author?

Marina Luz Mines on the Language We Use to Describe Forgotten Literature

By Marina Luz | October 21, 2021

The Last-Resort Move That Made My Students Smile

The Last-Resort Move That Made My Students Smile

Frances Starn on the Story of Bringing a Bearded Dragon to Class

By Frances Starn | October 20, 2021

A Scotsman: Why I Love Getting Drunk on Cocktails in America

A Scotsman: Why I Love Getting Drunk on Cocktails in America

Daniel Sloss on the Varieties of Worldwide Drinking Culture

By Daniel Sloss | October 13, 2021

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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