What is a TV “comedy” in 2023? In an era of blurred genres, it’s not so cut and dry anymore. Opening Variety’s “A Night in the Writer’s Room,” Variety’s Michael Schneider asked the nine comedy writers ...

The author of the “Diary of a Wimpy Kid” series shares a handful of titles that have helped shape his sense of humor.

At one point, back in the dark ages, humor was hard to come by. Primitive Ziggy comics carved onto a cave wall. Michelangelo's Garfield. Julius Letterman's Top X lists. Now, our options are limitless.

Journalist, author and comedian Dave Barry has made a name for himself asking the important questions. Questions like: "How does the son of a Presbyterian minister wind up winning a Pulitzer Prize for ...

Jane Roper is the author of two novels, The Society of Shame and Eden Lake, and a memoir, Double Time: How I Survived — and Mostly Thrived — Through the First Three Years of Mothering Twins. Jane’s ...

Novelist, television writer and producer Larry Doyle talks about his new book, “Deliriously Happy and Other Bad Thoughts,” at the Brookline Booksmith on Wednesday. GRACE DONNELLY/DFP STAFF Former “The ...

This is not a book for the brand-new writer, or for most student writers approaching the blank page for the first time. But it IS the single most honest volume about what it takes — in the real world ...

We have lined up dozens of remarkable authors, bloggers and humorists to review and rank the 2023 entries in A Hotel Room of One’s Own: The Erma Bombeck | Anna Lefler Humorist-in-Residence Program.