A Newsletter of Humorous Writing

For April 26-May 2, 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 wondering: If this newsletter were a bird, what kind of bird would it be? Brian says it would be a grackle. For James's money, it couldn't be anything but a black-crowned night heron. Luke thinks it wouldn't be a bird at all, but would rather be some kind of early flying machine that has a bunch of weird spirals and flaps and doesn't actually fly at all. But what do you think? Sound off in the comments!
 

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What We Enjoyed This Week

I’m Still In The Ideas Phase But, Any Day Now, I’m Going To Write The Great American Novel by Natasha Vaynblat (Little Old Lady Comedy) Natasha Vaynblat is an exceptional performer and comedian, and we can only hope that she'll write even more short humor pieces. We should be so lucky.

How to Have the Perfect Hollywood Meeting by Alexander Heller (Points in Case)

Be Vulnerable! Let Him See the Boardwalk Caricature of You Hanging at Your Parents’ House (Reductrss) This piece has some delightful specifics.

 

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An Old Favorite

This week's guest pick comes from the very funny, very talented Rekha Shankar. She's head writer for the Hardly Working series at CollegeHumor, and is also a performer at the Upright Citizens Brigade Theatre Los Angeles. Her work can be found on The New Yorker, Reductress, and McSweeney's. Here's her selection:

So You've Decided To Drink More Water by Daniel Mallory Ortberg (The Hairpin)

"Daniel Mallory Ortberg wrote this satirical piece about people who have sticks up their butts about how much water you should be drinking and how life-altering it is when you drink more. You're glowing. You're perfect. The doctor throws away her stethoscope because you've decided to drink so much more water. You get it."
 

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Updates From Your Hosts and Friends of the Show

This past week James published some erasure poems that he created from transcripts of interviews with Hulk Hogan. 

This coming Monday at 9:30PM, Luke has yet another sketch show over at the UCB Theatre Hell's Kitchen. Tickets are only $7! It's a great way to treat yourself without breaking the bank.
 

See you next week!

@brianagler, @lukevburns, & @jamesfolta

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