Humbug is the time-honored tradition of pulling one over on your readers. It’s the art of the hoax, the creation of the fabulous. At the blog Balloon Juice, Dennis G recounts a case of humbug he pulled over on his readers in Athens GA years ago. Go read the story of Monkey Milk, The Food of the Future!
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Brian Spears
Brian Spears is Senior Poetry Editor of The Rumpus and the author of A Witness in Exile (Louisiana Literature Press, 2011). His poem “Upon Reading That Andromeda Will One Day Devour Triangulum and Come For Us Next” was featured in Season 9 of Motion Poems.