01837nam a2200253 i 4500 116100 20230410130743.0 140514b2002 nyua 000 0 eng 0375761276 eng PN 6165 F465 2002 Fierce pajamas : an anthology of humor writing from the New Yorker / Edited by David Remnick; Henry Finder New York : The Modern Library, 2002. xxi, 497 p. ; 24 cm Spoofs -- The frenzy of renown -- The war between men and women -- The writing life -- A funny thing happened -- Words of advice -- Recollections and reflections -- Verse. When Harold Ross founded The New Yorker in 1925, he described it as a "comic weekly." And although it has become much more than that, it has remained true in its irreverent heart to the description, publishing the most illustrious literary humorists of the modern era, from Robert Benchley and Dorothy Parker to Woody Allen and Steve Martin. This anthology gathers together the funniest work of more than seventy contributors. Parodists take on not only writers like Hemingway and Kerouac, but TV documentaries, Italian cinema, and etiquette books. Other pieces offer perspectives on the heights of fame, the depths of social embarrassment, and the ups and downs of love and sex. A rich selection of humorous verse includes caustic gems by Dorothy Parker, the effortless whimsy of Phyllis McGinley, and Ogden Nash's unforgettable slapstick prosody, as well as forays by luminaries who ought to have known better.--From publisher description. American wit and humor. New Yorker (New York, N.Y. : 1925) Humor americano. Remnick, David Finder, Henry lcc bk YSL 79769 79769 0 0 lcc 0 0 HU BJB BJB HU 2023-04-10 1 0 PN 6165 F465 2002 00000109835 2018-10-25 00:00:00 1 2018-10-25 bk