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.

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 ...

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 ...

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

Lori Jakiela is the author of seven books, including the memoir Belief Is Its Own Kind of Truth, Maybe, which received the Saroyan Prize from Stanford University. She received an honorable mention in ...

Tim Jones, a nationally known freelance humor writer who lives on Camano Island, will speak about humor writing at Stanwood Library, 6:30 p.m., Friday, May 5. His weekly column, View from 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 ...