A Newsletter of Humorous Writing

For June 7-13, 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.

The first match of the World Cup is starting RIGHT NOW: 11AM ON JUNE 14TH. If you're torn between reading these articles and watching Russia take on Saudi Arabia in a match that is sure to be "pretty okay," just know that we will be happy to send a recap of the game to anyone who requests it. This way, you'll be able to focus on the fine prose humor on offer below, secure in the knowledge that when you're done, all the ins and outs and ups and downs of the game will be kind of explained to you by three guys who sort of know some stuff about football (see, we know not to call it soccer)!
 

What We Enjoyed This Week (Look at all these pieces! It was a good week!)

Lines I Assume Were in “Billions” by Seth Reiss (The New Yorker) Friend of the Show Seth Reiss keeps the proverbial "guessing at pop culture" humor piece train a-rolling. (See last week's newsletter if you don't know what we're talking about.)

I’d Be Thrilled to Officiate Your Wedding by Bizzy Coy (The Belladonna) A third good piece from a third good Friend of the Show? What a good week indeed!

Wow! This Man Doesn’t Have a Podcast by Taylor Garron (Reductress) And one piece from a Future Friend of the Show (see our "News About the Next Show" section for more details).

I Watched Every Show Called ‘Dads’ and Slowly Lost My Mind by Joe Veix (MEL Magazine) Be sure to read to the end. And hey, happy Father's Day!

My Funny Cowboy Dance: A Quiz by Jack Handey (McSweeney's) "The tiptoe prance."
 

An Old Favorite

She Rode a Horse by Bilge Ebiri (They Live By Night)

Funny things that happen in real life don't always translate well to the page, but we guarantee you won't be thinking "I guess I had to be there" when you read this account of a humorous occurrence at a screening of James Cameron's Titanic.
 

Updates From Your Hosts and Friends of the Show

We're doing well! How are you?
 

See you next week!

@brianagler, @lukevburns, & @jamesfolta

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