humorist
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No dichotomy better represents Berlant’s razor-sharp, thoroughly tasteful wit, which sits halfway between refined humorist and go-for-broke court jester.
From Salon ● Oct. 16, 2026
At 94, author and humorist Judith Viorst remains as feistily funny—and honest—as ever.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 20, 2025
A humorist and actor, his folksy delivery artfully deflated politicians and pomposities.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 25, 2025
“You never get a second chance to make a first impression,” the humorist Will Rogers once said — which tells you he wasn’t a book publishing executive.
From New York Times ● Dec. 27, 2023
To quote the American humorist Kin Hubbard, “It ain’t no disgrace to be poor, but it might as well be.”
From "Slaughterhouse-Five" by Kurt Vonnegut
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