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Famous first lines, rewritten with a thesaurus.

Famous first lines, rewritten with a thesaurus.

By Jessie Gaynor | April 29, 2022

Caren Beilin on (Incidentally) Writing a Funny Book

Caren Beilin on (Incidentally) Writing a Funny Book

Otherppl">In Conversation with Brad Listi on Otherppl

By Otherppl with Brad Listi | April 27, 2022

“One Rapper’s Dreams of FBI Stardom”

“One Rapper’s Dreams of FBI Stardom”

Small Odysseys">A New Short Story by Rabih Alameddine From the Anthology Small Odysseys

By Rabih Alameddine | March 25, 2022

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

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

Maeve Higgins on How to Write with Humor

“No topic is off-limits for comedy.”

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

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Brief obituaries for the literary discourses we lost this year.

By Jessie Gaynor | December 17, 2021

How to Write (Almost) Anything: A Very Serious Guide by Tom Bissell

By Tom Bissell | December 15, 2021

How to Be Married, in 16 Simple and Completely F*cking Unrealistic Steps

By Kimberly Harrington | October 7, 2021

Some pitches for Netflix's Roald Dahl Extended Universe.

Some pitches for Netflix's Roald Dahl Extended Universe.

By Jessie Gaynor | September 22, 2021

Ten campus novels as op-eds about the dangers of wokeness.

Ten campus novels as op-eds about the dangers of wokeness.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 31, 2021

1984, as summarized by Madison Cawthorn."><em1984, as summarized by Madison Cawthorn.">

1984, as summarized by Madison Cawthorn.">1984, as summarized by Madison Cawthorn.

By Jessie Gaynor | August 11, 2021

Sleeping or Dead? and other hilarious "practical books for librarians" in pulp classic form."><emSleeping or Dead? and other hilarious "practical books for librarians" in pulp classic form.">

Sleeping or Dead? and other hilarious "practical books for librarians" in pulp classic form.">Sleeping or Dead? and other hilarious "practical books for librarians" in pulp classic form.

By Emily Temple | July 9, 2021

How Crafting Got Me Through the Worst 700 Days of My Life

How Crafting Got Me Through the Worst 700 Days of My Life

Kelly Williams Brown on Fame, Fortune, Depression, and the Power of Tiny Paper Stars

By Kelly Williams Brown | July 9, 2021

Rivka Galchen: Humor is a Costume That Can Sneak Past the Psyche

Rivka Galchen: Humor is a Costume That Can Sneak Past the Psyche

The Maris Review Podcast">In Conversation with Maris Kreizman on The Maris Review Podcast

By The Maris Review | July 1, 2021

"Though our corn was heavy, our hearts were heavier": An apology from the creator of the Lottery.

By Jessie Gaynor | June 30, 2021

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