A Newsletter of Humorous Writing #9
A Newsletter of Humorous Writing
A Newsletter of Humorous Writing
For November 16-22, 2017, 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. What will you discuss at your Thanksgiving table this year? Politics and current events? What you're thankful for? We'll be discussing the best outlets for short prose humor. Our table is very droll.
What We Enjoyed This Week
Thanksgiving with David Caruso by Cara Michelle Smith (The Belladonna) Some premises are so simple and so perfect that they must become humor pieces. This is one of them.
My Linkedin Photo by Colin Nissan (The New Yorker)
Dante's Nine Circles of Hell Reimagined for Linguistic Transgressions by John Rauschenberg (McSweeney's) The Newsletter style guide is pro-serial comma. This will not be argued, discussed, or debated.
Caring for Your New Office Woman by Meg Favreau (The New Yorker)
An Old Favorite
Updates From Your Hosts and Friends of the Show
Friend of the Newsletter Michael Gerber's American Bystander is kickstarting its 6th issue. It's going to feature some incredible pieces, many of which were written by Evening of Humorous Readings alums. We can't recommend these magazines enough.
News About The Next Show
One Last Thing
On this special, Thanksgiving issue of the newsletter, we wanted to thank you, the readers. We have a lot of fun putting this together, and it means the world to us to have your support.We'll see you next week.
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See you next week!
@brianagler, @lukevburns, & @jamesfolta
See you next week!
@lukevburns & @jamesfolta
We started this newsletter with our dear friend Brian Agler, and we want it to always honor his memory and his love of all things humorous. You can find our newsletter tribute to Brian here.
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