I’ve long believed that if we want students to improve as writers, it makes sense to make writing as fun as possible. Ask students how often they experience school-related writing as fun and expect a ...

How am I qualified to advise anyone on how to write funny? Well, I’ve published three collections of humorous essays and another three compilations of whimsical light verse, so I feel I can speak with ...

This week, Simon Rich's new novella "Sell Out" is being serialized on newyorker.com. It's the story of Simon Rich's great-great-grandfather, who falls into a pickle barrel and emerges, one hundred ...