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