Poking Dead Frogs with Mike Sacks: Q&A with the Comedian Interviewer
Patrick Sauer chats with Mike Sacks, author of the new book ‘Poking A Dead Frog: Conversations With Today’s Top Comedy Writers.’ (READ MORE)
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‘Dear Luke:’ The Newly Knighted Member of Humorous Correspondences
Dear Luke is part of a fine tradition of humorous correspondences: fictitious, factual, and sometimes bizarrely in between. Read on for a few more of our favorites, from notes from junior high to outlandish letters to celebrities. (READ MORE)
What’s in the Pot, Jenny McCarthy: An Exclusive Q&A
Biographile caught up with Jenny McCarthy recently to have a quick conversation about the spotlight, what’s sacred, and her new book, Stirring the Pot.(READ MORE)
3 Ways to Read Joseph Heller on His Birthday (Excluding Catch-22)
While Catch-22 will always remain his best-known work, the great satirist left behind many books worth reading. Here are a few of them.(READ MORE)
Travelers United by Memoir from Bob Mankoff, New Yorker Cartoon Editor
'How About Never — Is Never Good For You?: My Life in Cartoons,' a new memoir by Bob Mankoff, cartoon editor of The New Yorker, brings traveling strangers together. (READ MORE)
Peek Into the Quirky Mind of James Thurber as His Secret Life of Walter Mitty Hits Theaters
This Christmas, The Secret Life of Walter Mitty hits theaters, adapted from a 1939 short story by James Thurber. Before escaping the dinner table for the cineplex, if you can get away with some light reading, you might consider Thurber's pseudo-autobiography My Life and Hard Times.(READ MORE)
On Truth in Memoir: A Q&A with Nancy Bachrach
Dr. Rita Jacobs is joined by Nancy Bachrach for a frank conversation about truth, memoir, and the intersection of the two.(READ MORE)
Chris Elliott’s Unauthorized Autobiography Will Keep You on Your Toes
Join Chris Elliott on his absurdist romps in The Guy Under the Sheets: The Unauthorized Autobiography, just released in paperback. (READ MORE)
Five Unprincessly Princesses: Match Each Lady with Her Unladylike Antics
Princesses don't always have to act like princesses. In Linda Rodriguez McRobbie's new book, Princesses Behaving Badly, she takes readers on a hilarious journey through the past, exploring the lives of some very naughty princesses. (READ MORE)
Vonnegut and Co., Biographies and Memoirs of the World’s Greatest Satirists
Today would be Kurt Vonnegut's 91st Birthday. In honor of the late, great humorist, humanist and satirical critic of all things sacred, we're checking out biographies of some of the other great satirist who paved the way for Vonnegut’s incisive fiction.(READ MORE)
