Was the release of your hilarious romantic comedy overshadowed last year by Fifty Shadows of Grey? Did a book of sample SAT questions outshine your witty collection of personal essays? If so, here’s your chance at redemption. The Thurber House has begun accepting submissions for the 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor. Named after humorist [...]
Award-Winning Humor Writer, “TAL” Contributor
August 10, 2012 By Leave a Comment
David Rakoff, an award-winning humor writer and frequent contributor to the National Public Radio staple This American Life died Thursday night in Manhattan. Rakoff, who overcame Hodgkin’s disease while in his ’20s, had been battling a cancerous tumor located behind his shoulder. The Canadian-born writer addressed both illnesses in his books, including Half Empty which [...]
Rakoff Wins 2011 Thurber Prize
October 4, 2011 By Leave a Comment
In Half Empty, David Rakoff’s third collection of essays, the Canadian-born author confesses to assuming the worst out of life so that he’ll never be disappointed. In an interview The Daily Show’s Jon Stewart, Rakoff says his cockeyed approach even gained merit when, while writing Half Empty, he learned he had a malignant tumor in [...]
Books That’ll Unwrap Laughs This Holiday Season
November 11, 2010 By Leave a Comment
If you’ve ever watched America’s Funniest Videos with a group of people, you know just how varying senses of humor can be. Such was the challenge of compiling this list of gift recommendations. But other questions popped up, too. For example, there are two books written by Steve Martin (Born Standing Up; The Pleasure of [...]
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