Research Catalog

Title

Humor me : an anthology of humor by writers of color / edited by John McNally.

Publication

• Iowa City : University of Iowa Press, [2002]
• ©2002

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Details

Additional Authors

McNally, John, 1965-

Description

xxi, 210 pages : illustrations; 21 cm

Summary

• "The first anthology of its kind, Humor Me is a celebration of humor by authors from diverse cultures. Sixteen of today's most exciting writers -- among them Sherman Alexie, Gish Jen, Charles Johnson, and Lucille Clifton -- are represented in fiction, poetry, nonfiction, drama, cartoons, and graphic narratives. Whether using satire, parody, or farce, these writers explore the universal themes of love, family, sex, and race, and they do so in their own edgy, subversive, and sometimes skewed ways"--From Amazon.com.
• This anthology, the first of its kind, features humor by sixteen writers of color, including fiction, poetry, nonfiction, drama, cartoons, and graphic narratives.

Subject

• American literature > Minority authors
• Ethnic groups > Literary collections
• Minorities > Literary collections
• Humorous stories, American
• Humorous poetry, American
• Ethnic groups > Humor
• Ethnic wit and humor
• American literature > Minority authors
• Ethnic groups
• Ethnic wit and humor
• Humorous poetry, American
• Humorous stories, American
• Minorities

Genre/Form

• Wit and Humor.
• humor.
• anthologies.
• comedy (general genre)
• Cartoons (Humor)
• Comedy plays
• Creative nonfiction
• Humor
• Humorous fiction
• Humorous poetry
• Literary collections
• Literature
• Humorous fiction.
• Humorous poetry.
• Comedy plays.
• Humor.
• Creative nonfiction.
• Literature.
• Humour.
• Poésie humoristique.
• Comédies.
• Essais fictionnels.
• Littérature.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (page xxi).

Contents

Part one. Fiction. Assimilation / Sherman Alexie -- Nelson's run / Peter Bacho -- Godoy lives / Daniel Chacón -- Komodo dragon ; Pyramid ; The Jalapeno Contest ; The glass eye ; Mistakes / Ray Gonzalez -- Birthmates / Gish Jen -- I know what you did last summer / Michele Serros -- Part two. Poetry. Grammarotics ; Ang Tunay Na Lalaki is addicted to New York / Nick Carbó -- wishes for sons / Lucille Clifton -- Ballade for the missing beat ; Role models ; Invocation for a future diva ; Care and feeding of writers ; In praise of the penis / Allison Joseph -- Hell pig ; Swear words / Aimee Nezhukumatathil -- the night my mother meets bruce lee ; a crash of rhinos ; love phones / Paisley Rekdal -- Natasha in a mellow mood ; Boris by candlelight / Tim Seibles -- Part three. Cartoons and a graphic story. A selection of cartoons / Charles Johnson -- Draining like a dead chicken / Erika Lopez -- Part four. Nonfiction. White men can't drum / Sherman Alexie -- Daddy dearest / Sandra Tsing Loh -- We do not live here, we are only visitors / Paisley Rekdal -- Part five. Drama. Shinnob Jep / Jim Northrup.

ISBN

• 0877458081
• 9780877458081

LCCN

2001054842

OCLC

• ocm48265644
• 48265644
• SCSB-7961331

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library