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.
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Fantastic commentary by one of our best contemporaries, may he rest in peace.
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