Here are posts labelled "Humor" on The Guide
Just the Facts:
- Name: Richard Brautigan
- Birth: January 30, 1935, Tacoma, Washington, USA
- Death: ca. September 16, 1984, Bolinas, California, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American novelist, poet, and short story writer whose work often uses black comedy, parody, and satire. Best known for his novels Trout Fishing in America and In Watermelon Sugar.
- Included in lists (What's This?): GC
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Henry Maximilian Beerbohm
- Known as: Max Beerbohm
- Birth: August 24, 1872, London, UK
- Death: May 20, 1956, Rapallo, Italy
- Language: English
- Who he was: English essayist, parodist, and caricaturist who wrote Zuleika Dobson; Seven Men; A Christmas Garland
- Included in lists (What's This?): Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Douglas Adams
- Birth: March 11, 1952, Cambridge, England, UK
- Death: May 11, 2001, Santa Barbara, California, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: English author, essayist, satirist, and playwright; The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy series; Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency; The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Charles Lutwidge Dodgson
- Known as: Lewis Carroll
- Birth: January 27, 1832, Daresbury, England, UK
- Death: January 14, 1898, Guildford, England, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: English writer and mathematician; Alice's Adventures in Wonderland; Through the Looking-Glass; The Hunting of the Snark; "Jabberwocky"
- Included in lists (What's This?): LRP; Bloom; GC
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Charles Farrar Browne
- Known as: Artemus Ward
- Birth: April 26, 1834, Waterford, Maine, USA
- Death: March 6, 1867, Southampton, England, UK
- Language: English
- Who he was: American humorist; numerous short humorous pieces
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter.
Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Robert W. Service
- Birth: January 16, 1874, Preston, Lancashire, UK
- Death: September 11, 1958, Lancieux, Côtes-d'Armor, France
- Language: English
- Who he was: British-Canadian poet known for the humorous poems "The Shooting of Dan McGrew" and "The Cremation of Sam McGee"
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
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Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Shigeta Sadakazu
- Known as: Jippensha Ikku
- Birth: Unknown Date, 1765, Aoi-ku, Shizuoka, Shizuoka Prefecture, Japan
- Death: September 12, 1831, presumably Tokyo, Japan
- Language: Japanese
- Who he was: Japanese author of the humorous satire-cum-guidebook Tokaidochu Hizakurige (Shank's Mare along the Tokaido)
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
Just the Facts:
- Name: Samuel Langhorne Clemens
- Known as: Mark Twain
- Birth: November 30, 1835, Florida, Missouri, USA
- Death: April 21, 1910, Redding, Connecticut, USA
- Language: English
- Who he was: American author of novels such as Huckleberry Finn and Tom Sawyer, as well as short stories like "The Man Who Corrupted Hadleyberg" and "The Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"
- Included in lists (What's This?): GBWW (+10YP); GGB (+PGR 1); LRP; HCF; CA; Bloom
Let's consider this a placeholder as I build out the site.
Once that's done, I'll be back to fill in the details--an essay,
links to online and Amazon books, and more. I'll be posting
updates on Facebook and Twitter. Follow along!
Until I get to it, there's always Wikipedia!
