Elissa Bassist edits the Funny Women column and teaches humor writing. Her next class is “How to Write a Comedic Memoir” on 3/30. She wrote Hysterical, a semi-finalist for The Thurber Prize for American humor, and is co-writing Inside Jokes: A Comedy and Creativity Guide for All Writers with Caitlin Kunkel (out in 2026). Her newsletter is Tragedy Plus Time.
I was there, but no one took any photos of me. Not even when i tried stepping in front of the camera. People would just say, “sorry, the camera’s broken.”
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Excellent, succinct bio.
Thank you.
I was there, but no one took any photos of me. Not even when i tried stepping in front of the camera. People would just say, “sorry, the camera’s broken.”
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