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Overview
This debut collection of "The Best American Humor" celebrates the funniest short stories, essays, articles, and excerpts of the past year. The more than 40 entries in this edition feature some of the most well-known wits and humorists, including Garry Trudeau, Russell Baker, Paul Rudnick, Douglas Coupland, Garrison Keillor, Conan O'Brien, Philip Roth, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and John Updike among others. Edited by Moshe Waldoks, who co-edited the bestselling "The Big Book of Jewish Humor" and "The Big Book of New American Humor", this volume-- the only "best of the year" humor anthology-- is a hilarious, cynical, witty, sarcastic, and laugh-out-loud look at the funny side of existence and survival. "The Best American Humor 1994" is sure to delight all lovers of fun and laughter.Following in the tradition of the bestselling Best American Poetry series and Best American Erotica series, this wild and woolly collection of humor features only the best, selected from the past year's books, magazines, and newspapers.
Synopsis
This debut collection of "The Best American Humor" celebrates the funniest short stories, essays, articles, and excerpts of the past year. The more than 40 entries in this edition feature some of the most well-known wits and humorists, including Garry Trudeau, Russell Baker, Paul Rudnick, Douglas Coupland, Garrison Keillor, Conan O'Brien, Philip Roth, T. Coraghessan Boyle, and John Updike among others. Edited by Moshe Waldoks, who co-edited the bestselling "The Big Book of Jewish Humor" and "The Big Book of New American Humor", this volume-- the only "best of the year" humor anthology-- is a hilarious, cynical, witty, sarcastic, and laugh-out-loud look at the funny side of existence and survival. "The Best American Humor 1994" is sure to delight all lovers of fun and laughter.