Humor Me - An Anthology of Funny Contemporary Writing Plus Some Great Old Stuff

Informationen zum Autor Ian Frazier is the author of many books, including Great Plains , On the Rez , Coyote v. Acme , Dating Your Mom , and, most recently, Travels in Siberia . A frequent contributor to The New Yorker , he has twice won the Thurber Prize for American humor. He lives in Montclair, New Jersey. Klappentext The perfect book for anyone with a sense of humor: more than fifty of the greatest pieces of comic writing of our time, selected by the incomparable Ian Frazier. Zusammenfassung Selected and introduced by the incomparable Ian Frazier, Humor Me delivers a bumper crop of hilarity from the funniest writers at work today, with proceeds from its sales going to 826 National—the Dave Eggers-founded nonprofit tutoring, writing, and publishing organization with locations across the country. Featuring laugh-out-loud comic contributions from a host of American funnymen and women—including Steve Martin, Garrison Keillor, Veronica Geng, and David Sedaris— Humor Me is fun for all, a treasure trove of rare wit that every Jon Stewart fan and reader of The Onion will appreciate.

Dettagli sul prodotto

• Autori: Ian Frazier, Frazier Ian
• Con la collaborazione di: Ian Frazier (Editore)
• Editore: Ecco Press
• Lingue: Inglese
• Formato: Tascabile
• Pubblicazione: 31.05.2011
• EAN: 9780061728952
• ISBN: 978-0-06-172895-2
• Pagine: 336
• Dimensioni: 135 mm x 203 mm x 19 mm
• Categorie: Narrativa > Romanzi; Poetry, Humour, Humorous fiction, Anthologies: general, Fiction: general and literary, Relationships and families: advice and issues, Trivia and quiz questions, Language: history and general works, Parodies and spoofs: non-fiction, HUMOR: Form / Jokes & Riddles, HUMOR: General, FICTION: Humorous / General, FICTION: Anthologies (multiple authors), FICTION: Satire, LITERATURE: HUMOR, HUMOR: Form / Limericks & Verse, humor;2010;2011;2012, Literature / Humor