What is a TV “comedy” in 2023? In an era of blurred genres, it’s not so cut and dry anymore. Opening Variety’s “A Night in the Writer’s Room,” Variety’s Michael Schneider asked the nine comedy writers ...

Novelist, television writer and producer Larry Doyle talks about his new book, “Deliriously Happy and Other Bad Thoughts,” at the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday. GRACE DONNELLY/DFP STAFF Former “The ...

Journalist, author and comedian Dave Barry has made a name for himself asking the important questions. Questions like: "How does the son of a Presbyterian minister wind up winning a Pulitzer Prize for ...

Gina Ramsey, a humor writer from Superior, has a book out Tuesday called “Burnt Gloveboxes: Embracing Life When It Goes Up in Flames.” It chronicles some of the “misadventures” of Ramsey’s life, with ...

Wendi Aarons is an award-winning humor writer whose work has appeared in the "Shouts & Murmurs" section of The New Yorker, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, the "Fashion Police" section of US Weekly, ...

Donna Debs' debut book, Wash Your Brain: Stories. Laughter. Yoga. Life. (WanderWonder Books) won a gold award in the 2025 Independent Book Publishers Association book contest in the category of ...

Tim Jones, a nationally known freelance humor writer who lives on Camano Island, will speak about humor writing at Stanwood Library, 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 5. His weekly column, View from the ...

At one point, back in the dark ages, humor was hard to come by. Primitive Ziggy comics carved onto a cave wall. Michelangelo's Garfield. Julius Letterman's Top X lists. Now, our options are limitless.

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