A Newsletter of Humorous Writing #22
A Newsletter of Humorous Writing
A Newsletter of Humorous Writing
For February 15-21, 2018, a roundup of the week's finest prose humor and prose humor-related news.
Hello and welcome to a Newsletter of Humorous Writing, the email propaganda arm of the acclaimed humorous readings show, An Evening of Humorous Readings. We were recently talking about funny recipes over here at Humorous Headquarters. Should the recipe have jokes? Or should the finished food be funny? Ideally, you want both but does the piece succeed if the reader has to bake an entire pan of baklava to reveal a clever inversion of a classic spaghetti Western?
What We Enjoyed This Week
Choose A Job You Love And You Will Never Have To Work A Paid Day In Your Life by Evan Williams (McSweeney's)
I'm Not Like Other Girls, Because I'm Trapped At The Bottom Of A Well by Rachel Lackner (McSweeney's)
A Typical Day by Zach Bornstein (The New Yorker)
What Your Myers-Briggs Type Is Like On A Date As Long As It’s One of The Ones I Remember (Reductress)
An Old Favorite
Beach Rules by John Howell Harris (The New Yorker) Here in New York, spring seems to arriving earlier and earlier each year, so now is a great time to reacquaint yourself with the beach rules, courtesy of Friend Of The Show John Harris.
Updates From Your Hosts and Friends of the Show
We're busy as bees over here getting our honey (representing that sweet, sweet short humor) prepared for the big bee honey parade (representing our upcoming show as well as the hive full of bees in our HQ that is coming out of hibernation now that it's getting warm. Please send ointments for our stings.)
News About The Next Show
The show on March 12th at The Gallery at Le Poisson Rogue keeps on getting closer! Promise us you will come on the Facebook event page! Get ready to be wowed by the slate of all-star guests: Riane Konc, Seth Reiss, and Jen Spyra! Whip your friends into a frenzy of excitement until the 12th finally, blessedly, arrives! Keep an eye on this space for updates!
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See you next week!
@brianagler, @lukevburns, & @jamesfolta
See you next week!
@lukevburns & @jamesfolta
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