Jennifer Crystal challenged our Grub Street class to write a 500-1,000 word essay “using humor to make a point.” In speech and writing, I pepper people with puns and jokes. But humor for revelation? In our assignment from Writing Well, William Zinsser demonstrates comic devices. To question women’s public adornment with hair curlers in the […]
Category: Satire
Notes on high to The Bible, by Susan and David von Salis
[I thought you might enjoy a chance to re-vist Susan’s talent for story telling and her sense of humor. This was written by Susan and her brother, David von Salis, in 1988, on the occasion of my friend Deb Moore’s graduation from seminary. I have a vivid memory of Susan and David gleefully putting it together, […]
E-Calendars Anonymous
Hi everyone. My name is Kim. I’m an e-calendar-aholic, and this is my first time at one of these meetings. “Welcome, Kim,” said the group of about 5, seated in the windowless, cinder block room, with orange, white, blue, and beige cabling covering the ceiling. “Kim,” said the leader, a white woman in her mid-thirties […]
