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Coverage of the 2005 Seminar: "Humor"
Master of Ceremonies: Michael Rosen (First Session) & Patricia Marx (Second Session)
John Hersey Memorial Address: Billy Collins (First Session) & Calvin Trillin (Second Session)
Presenters: Dave Barry, Paul Beatty, Roy Blount Jr., Judy Blume, Blanche McCrary Boyd, Christopher Buckley, Augusten Burroughs, Billy Collins, Christopher Durang, Clyde Edgerton, Barbara Ehrenreich, Nora Ephron, Percival Everett, Bruce Jay Friedman, Carl Hiaasen, Molly Ivins, Alison Lurie, Lorrie Moore, Ruth Ozeki, ZZ Packer, Roger Rosenblatt, Cathleen Schine, Lee Smith, James Tate, Calvin Trillin, Garry Trudeau, Wendy Wasserstein, Meg Wolitzer, and Al Young
Writers’ Workshop Faculty: Paulette Bates Alden, Blanche McCrary Boyd, Billy Collins, Jane Hirshfield, Bich Minh Nguyen, Timothy Seldes, Porter Shreve, and Susan Shreve
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Bruce Jay Friedman: I LOST IT AT THE MOVIES
Bruce Jay Friedman -
Wendy Wasserstein, January 9th, 2005
Wendy Wasserstein -
Garry Trudeau vs. Roger Rosenblatt!
Garry Trudeau, Roger Rosenblatt -
Lee Smith: 2005
Lee Smith -
Humor in Poetry
Billy Collins -
Why I Still Live at the B.O.
Lee Smith -
Terminal Velocity
Blanche McCrary Boyd -
The Nature of Humor in Literature
Alison Lurie -
The Snarling Citizen
Barbara Ehrenreich -
South Florida – Funniest Place on Earth
Carl Hiaasen, Dave Barry -
Music and Poetry
Al Young -
The Battle of the Rhyme
Calvin Trillin, Roy Blount Jr. -
Wagging the Dog
Billy Collins -
Selected Readings
Percival Everett -
“Don’t Tread on Me”
Christopher Buckley -
The Time of Our Lives
Barbara Ehrenreich, Calvin Trillin, Percival Everett, Roy Blount Jr. -
Modern Life and Intimate Relationships
Blanche McCrary Boyd, Cathleen Schine, Lorrie Moore, Mary Karr -
Humor on Stage
Christopher Durang, Terrance Hayes, Wendy Wasserstein -
from Skinny Dip
Carl Hiaasen -
Stuck in a Chair Without a Bottom
Clyde Edgerton -
I Lost It at the Library
Roy Blount Jr. -
No Pain, No Gain, No Clue
Cathleen Schine, Christopher Durang, Mary Karr, Percival Everett -
The Pathos of the South
Blanche McCrary Boyd, Clyde Edgerton, Lee Smith, Roy Blount Jr. -
from Dog Trouble
Cathleen Schine -
from AC in DC
Christopher Buckley -
Poetry Reading
Billy Collins -
Ending of a High Note
Al Young, Clyde Edgerton -
What’s So Funny?
Calvin Trillin -
Riffs & Readings
Billy Collins -
Riffs & Readings
James Tate -
Riffs & Readings
Bruce Jay Friedman -
Uncensored
Judy Blume, Patricia Marx -
The Transformative Power of Humor
Lee Smith -
Using the Past to Mine for Humor
Blanche McCrary Boyd, Cathleen Schine, Hilma Wolitzer, ZZ Packer -
Selected Poems
Billy Collins -
Riffs & Readings
Hilma Wolitzer, Paul Beatty, Roger Rosenblatt -
A Change of Plan and The Heartbreak Kid
Bruce Jay Friedman -
A Candid Conversation About Race, Ethnicity, and Humor in America
Calvin Trillin, Ruth Ozeki, ZZ Packer -
Amuse-bouche, or What’s So Funny About Meat and Potatoes?
Ruth Ozeki -
Memorial Address
Molly Ivins -
from Cries of Alarm
Molly Ivins -
Why Are You Funny?
Cathleen Schine, Hilma Wolitzer, Patricia Marx -
Satire as a Literary Device
Paul Beatty -
How to Make Fun of American Political Life
Calvin Trillin, Garry Trudeau, Molly Ivins, Ruth Ozeki -
This American Life
Bruce Jay Friedman, Nora Ephron, Roger Rosenblatt, ZZ Packer -
from Laughing Wild
Christopher Durang -
Selected Poems
Paul Beatty -
Selected Poems
Calvin Trillin -
Selected Poems
James Tate