The 50 funniest American writers :
Borowitz, Andy
The 50 funniest American writers : an anthology of humor from Mark Twain to the Onion. Fifty funniest American writers according to Andy Borowitz. - New York : Library of America, 2011. - xv, 461 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. - A special publication of The library of America .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-461).
A presidential candidate / The lecture tickets that were bought but never used / The ransom of Red Chief / From Babbitt / From Gentlemen prefer blondes / On conversation / Imperial purple / More alarms at night / The waltz / Farewell, my lovely appetizer / Simple prays a prayer / The night the old nostalgia burned down / Across the street and into the grill / The house of mirth / From The magic Christian / From How to talk dirty and influence people / The secret vice / The counterfeit secret circle member gets the message, or The asp strikes again / The Kentucky Derby is decadent and depraved / A look at organized crime / The tax man / Letters to Einstein / A few words about breasts / Our white heritage / Better read than dead : a revised opinion / Your action line / In the morning post / Curb Carter policy discord effort threat / Vacation '58 / The laws of cartoon motion / The Tip-Top Club / Rolled in rare Bohemian onyx, then vulcanized by hand / Tough as bob war and other stuff / Corrections / Tips for women : how to have a relationships with a guy / Clinton deploys vowels to Bosnia / Shiftless little loafers / Gothic baseball / If I were in charge of the networks / Laws concerning food and drink ; Household principles ; Lamentations of the father / The writer's life / From I ain't scared of you / Buddy, can you spare a tie? / It's so hard / What I'd say to the Martians / Your three wishes : F.A.Q. / Ask the optimist! / Awake / The pony problem / If not an apology, at least a "my bad" / Mark Twain -- George Ade -- O. Henry -- Sinclair Lewis -- Anita Loos -- Ring Lardner -- H.L. Mencken -- James Thurber -- Dorothy Parker -- S.J. Perelman -- Langston Hughes -- Frank Sullivan -- E.B. White -- Peter De Vries -- Terry Southern -- Lenny Bruce -- Tom Wolfe -- Jean Shepherd -- Hunter S. Thompson -- Woody Allen -- Bruce Jay Friedman -- Philip Roth -- Nora Ephron -- Henry Beard, Michael O'Donoghue, George W.S. Trow -- Fran Lebowitz -- Charles Portis -- Donald Barthleme -- Veronica Geng -- John Hughes -- Mark O'Donnell -- Garrision Keillor -- Bruce McCall -- Molly Ivins -- Calvin Trillin -- Dave Barry -- The Onion -- Susan Orlean -- Roy Blount Jr. -- George Carlin -- Ian Frazier -- David Rakoff -- Bernie Mac -- David Sedaris -- Wanda Sykes -- Jack Handey -- David Owen -- George Saunders -- Jenny Allen -- Sloane Crosley -- Larry Wilmore.
Reaching back to Mark Twain and forward to contemporary masters such as David Sedaris, Roy Blount, and Bernie Mac, this book is an exclusive collection of the very best American comic writing.
9781598531077 1598531077
2011928952
American wit and humor.
PN 6165 / .B645 2011
The 50 funniest American writers : an anthology of humor from Mark Twain to the Onion. Fifty funniest American writers according to Andy Borowitz. - New York : Library of America, 2011. - xv, 461 pages : illustrations, map ; 20 cm. - A special publication of The library of America .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 455-461).
A presidential candidate / The lecture tickets that were bought but never used / The ransom of Red Chief / From Babbitt / From Gentlemen prefer blondes / On conversation / Imperial purple / More alarms at night / The waltz / Farewell, my lovely appetizer / Simple prays a prayer / The night the old nostalgia burned down / Across the street and into the grill / The house of mirth / From The magic Christian / From How to talk dirty and influence people / The secret vice / The counterfeit secret circle member gets the message, or The asp strikes again / The Kentucky Derby is decadent and depraved / A look at organized crime / The tax man / Letters to Einstein / A few words about breasts / Our white heritage / Better read than dead : a revised opinion / Your action line / In the morning post / Curb Carter policy discord effort threat / Vacation '58 / The laws of cartoon motion / The Tip-Top Club / Rolled in rare Bohemian onyx, then vulcanized by hand / Tough as bob war and other stuff / Corrections / Tips for women : how to have a relationships with a guy / Clinton deploys vowels to Bosnia / Shiftless little loafers / Gothic baseball / If I were in charge of the networks / Laws concerning food and drink ; Household principles ; Lamentations of the father / The writer's life / From I ain't scared of you / Buddy, can you spare a tie? / It's so hard / What I'd say to the Martians / Your three wishes : F.A.Q. / Ask the optimist! / Awake / The pony problem / If not an apology, at least a "my bad" / Mark Twain -- George Ade -- O. Henry -- Sinclair Lewis -- Anita Loos -- Ring Lardner -- H.L. Mencken -- James Thurber -- Dorothy Parker -- S.J. Perelman -- Langston Hughes -- Frank Sullivan -- E.B. White -- Peter De Vries -- Terry Southern -- Lenny Bruce -- Tom Wolfe -- Jean Shepherd -- Hunter S. Thompson -- Woody Allen -- Bruce Jay Friedman -- Philip Roth -- Nora Ephron -- Henry Beard, Michael O'Donoghue, George W.S. Trow -- Fran Lebowitz -- Charles Portis -- Donald Barthleme -- Veronica Geng -- John Hughes -- Mark O'Donnell -- Garrision Keillor -- Bruce McCall -- Molly Ivins -- Calvin Trillin -- Dave Barry -- The Onion -- Susan Orlean -- Roy Blount Jr. -- George Carlin -- Ian Frazier -- David Rakoff -- Bernie Mac -- David Sedaris -- Wanda Sykes -- Jack Handey -- David Owen -- George Saunders -- Jenny Allen -- Sloane Crosley -- Larry Wilmore.
Reaching back to Mark Twain and forward to contemporary masters such as David Sedaris, Roy Blount, and Bernie Mac, this book is an exclusive collection of the very best American comic writing.
9781598531077 1598531077
2011928952
American wit and humor.
PN 6165 / .B645 2011
