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How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

How Self-Satire Can Act as Catharsis

Sonora Jha on the Challenges of Satirizing a Character Who Reminds Her of Herself

By Sonora Jha | October 15, 2025

A Literary History of the Billionaire: Villain or Buffoon... Or Both?

A Literary History of the Billionaire: Villain or Buffoon... Or Both?

“When you're disgustingly wealthy, your days don’t have to be touched by banal oppressors, like the office or public transportation.”

By Brittany Allen | July 10, 2025

Gatherings Gone Wrong: Five Books Featuring Disastrous Party Scenes

Gatherings Gone Wrong: Five Books Featuring Disastrous Party Scenes

Jonathan Parks-Ramage Explores Brilliantly Bad Fetes in Books by Edward St. Aubyn, Raven Leilani, Deborah Eisenberg, and Others

By Jonathan Parks-Ramage | June 10, 2025

Peeling <em>The Onion</em>: Did the Infowars Decision Just Kill Satire?

Peeling The Onion: Did the Infowars Decision Just Kill Satire?

Aron Solomon on the Alarming Precedent Set by a Texas Bankruptcy Judge

By Aron Solomon | December 12, 2024

<i> The Onion </i> has bought <i> InfoWars. </i> (And no, this isn't a joke.)

The Onion has bought InfoWars. (And no, this isn't a joke.)

By Brittany Allen | November 14, 2024

I invented the abstract colorful blob book cover.

I invented the abstract colorful blob book cover.

By James Folta | May 8, 2024

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Therapeutic and Cathartic: On Self-Soothing With Satire

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Christine Grillo Considers the Healing Potential of Political Humor

By Christine Grillo | July 10, 2023

Bill Boggs, Satirist of America’s Addiction to Celebrity, Drugs, Sex, and Food

Bill Boggs, Satirist of America’s Addiction to Celebrity, Drugs, Sex, and Food

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | July 6, 2023

Henry David Thoreau Was Funnier Than You Think, Particularly on the Subject of Work

Henry David Thoreau Was Funnier Than You Think, Particularly on the Subject of Work

John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle on the Necessary “Deep Sincerity” of Dark Humor

By John Kaag and Jonathan van Belle | June 26, 2023

Sophia McClennen on How Satire Makes Sense of a President Who Didn’t

Sophia McClennen on How Satire Makes Sense of a President Who Didn’t

In Conversation with Andrew Keen on Keen On

By Keen On | May 1, 2023

Christine Sneed on Leaning Into the Absurdity of Office Life

Christine Sneed on Leaning Into the Absurdity of Office Life

In Conversation with Alex Higley and Lindsay Hunter on I'm a Writer But

By I'm a Writer But | January 10, 2023

FOR RENT: <br>Craigslist ads for fictional homes.

FOR RENT:
Craigslist ads for fictional homes.

By Katie Yee | August 16, 2022

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