Tag: books
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It’s Here! The Dark Humor Books Interview Series Is Destined to Delight
I was talking with Rachel one day about serious funny books. I don’t mean seriously funny, I mean humorous but also not afraid to go there. Books that touch on the painful realities of life tend to be dramas, while books that are funny tend to steer clear of topics like miscarraige, suicide, body dysmorphia,…
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The perils of writing parody (even more fictional than reality TV!)
I received an email from a friend. Partly due to cutbacks, she’s retiring as a professor of English literature at a midwestern university. My response was to say, “Oh, no! My God, more than ever, the world needs people teaching how to read and critically evaluate literature,” Her email came shortly after the first negative…