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Humor in America
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“Humor in America” (HA!) is a blog dedicated to the discussion of humor and humor studies in America. Authors retain copyright to their work as posted. *********************************************************** "The great virtue of humor is that it is philosophizing in action, a bright silver thread in the great duvet of existence. And one can easily engage in it for an hour or two every day." --Simon Critchley, On Humour
LATEST ARTICLES ( 325 )
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Embracing the Ambiguity and Irony of Satire: A Response to Jeff Melton
Last year, Jeff Melton wrote a thoughtful meditation on teaching satire for Humor in America. I had started drafting a response, but because of life’s ironies, ... Read more
Posted on 30 October 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Seeking: New Contributing Editors/Best Political Humor of the Season
Tracy Wuster We here at Humor in America are seeking to add one or two contributing editors to replace several departing editors. Read more
Posted on 29 October 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Happy Birthday, John Berryman
John Berryman(1914 – 1972) Someone once said that all poets have miserable lives. In John Berryman‘s case, this bore out. This brilliant, idiosyncratic man won... Read more
Posted on 25 October 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Five Subjects Behind: Some Thoughts on Grunge, Time Machines, and "Clam...
Reblogged from Humor in America: by Tracy Wuster On January 11th, 1992, I gathered with a group of friends to watch Saturday Night Live, our usual Saturday nigh... Read more
Posted on 23 October 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY -
Sunday Sermon: Activist Humor and Frederick Douglass’s “Servants, Obey Your...
Courtesy of the National Park Service, Frederick Douglass National Historic Site, Frederick Douglass Today, Frederick Douglass seems a formidable and imposing... Read more
Posted on 21 October 2012 HUMOR, SOCIETY