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I was not yet on the radio or i would have gotten his name. He had a holocaust survivor on the show the other day who is a suit salesman. I asked dennis the last time we did ask a jew he said why are jews so funny and he thought that was silly and and i said no t is good question. And he said it is because suffering produces good humor and a sense of appreciation when for when there is not suffering. I think that is probably the answer. Thank you john and the Nixon Library i want to thank you an...

(1) SO FEW REMAIN. George R.R. Martin calls these “Dark Days” at Not a Blog. …2023 was a nightmare of a year, for the world and the nation and for me and mine, both professionally and personally. I am very glad that it is over. Unfortunately, so far 2024 looks to be even worse…. …I

Last year, Bleeding Cool reported on comics publisher Fantagraphics decision to sue Emil Ferris, creator of My Favorite Thing Is Monsters

(1) LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR. C. E. Murphy shares her views about what kind of revision request letters work best: “Process Post: on edit letters” at The Essential Kit. There was a discussion going on over on Bluesky about dealing with edit letters, and this truth came up: “Editors aren’t always right about the solutions,

By Gary Farber: Terry Bisson, writer extraordinaire, died January 10, 2024. It's now January 18th, and his preliminary obituary is already off the Locus front page, though we're told that a full obituary will appear in the February print issue. Terry never had a hit novel, though at least two of his short stories, "Bears

In the news of the week ending January 19, 2024, are the beauty of “bite-sized” candy, the preeminence of frozen pies, and best names for snow plows in 2024.

By Gary Farber: Terry Bisson, writer extraordinaire, died January 10, 2024. It's now January 18th, and his preliminary obituary is already off the Locus front page, though we're told that a full obituary will appear in the February print issue. Terry never had a hit novel, though at least two of his short stories, "Bears

Regular readers of this space know that I tend to eulogize a lot, and lately I've taken an interest in promoting the life's work of...

RSVP to the FBI by Terry Bisson* Thank you for handing me this invitation to talk to you But I am otherwise engaged. Thank you for offering me this opportunity to have a heart to heart with the murderers of Martin Luther King and Fred Hampton, not to mention Crazy Horse Michael Stewart and Eleanor…

(1) TEXAS LIBRARY ASSOCIATON ASKS TINGLE FOR DO-OVER. Today the Texas Library Association’s executive director Shirley Robinson published a “TLA Statement Regarding Author Chuck Tingle” which says they want him to reconsider participating in their annual conference, although it says nothing one way or the other about him going masked. As you may know, the