What is a TV “comedy” in 2023? In an era of blurred genres, it’s not so cut and dry anymore. Opening Variety’s “A Night in the Writer’s Room,” Variety’s Michael Schneider asked the nine comedy writers ...

Novelist, television writer and producer Larry Doyle talks about his new book, “Deliriously Happy and Other Bad Thoughts,” at the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday. GRACE DONNELLY/DFP STAFF Former “The ...

Journalist, author and comedian Dave Barry has made a name for himself asking the important questions. Questions like: "How does the son of a Presbyterian minister wind up winning a Pulitzer Prize for ...

Jane Roper is the author of two novels, The Society of Shame and Eden Lake, and a memoir, Double Time: How I Survived — and Mostly Thrived — Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins. Jane’s ...

Lori Jakiela is the author of seven books, including the memoir Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe, which received the Saroyan Prize from Stanford University. She received an honorable mention in ...

This is not a book for the brand-new writer, or for most student writers approaching the blank page for the first time. But it IS the single most honest volume about what it takes — in the real world ...

A contributor to National Lampoon, “Saturday Night Live” and “SCTV,” he had a patrician presence that belied a whimsical and sometimes anarchic wit. By Richard Sandomir Brian McConnachie, who brought ...

Hosts who have to entertain insiders at the ceremony and outsiders watching at home. Presenters who change their minds. No wonder the bits are awkward. By Jason Zinoman In the middle of struggling ...

Editor’s Note: This article is purely satirical and fictitious. All attributions in this article are not genuine, and this story should be read in the context of pure entertainment only. I have a real ...

Writers Invited to Apply for 'A Hotel Room of One's Own' DAYTON, Ohio, Sept. 2, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- "My computer is filled with works-in-progress and my desk is a hodgepodge of ideas, inspiration and ...

Tim Jones, a nationally known freelance humor writer who lives on Camano Island, will speak about humor writing at Stanwood Library, 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 5. His weekly column, View from the ...