David Sedaris is the platinum standard. His side-splitting collections have helped establish this as the Golden Age of the Humorous Essay. Call them minimemoirs, with bite and sass. Followers in the ...

The humorous essay is an art form, one that has been perfected by the likes of gay writers including David Sedaris and the late David Rakoff. It's a style of prose that can be as entertaining as it is ...

Jerald Walker’s “Magically Black And Other Essays” is so funny that, even though it’s nonfiction, as you read it you might find yourself tempted to think he’s kidding. That’s because Walker’s a smart ...

How am I qualified to advise anyone on how to write funny? Well, I’ve published three collections of humorous essays and another three compilations of whimsical light verse, so I feel I can speak with ...

Jerald Walker’s “Magically Black and Other Essays” is so funny that, even though it’s nonfiction, as you read it you might find yourself tempted to think he’s kidding. That’s because Walker’s a smart ...

Only David Sedaris can open an essay talking about his first encounter with his husband wearing boxers (which he hates) and then somehow — naturally, even — delve into baggage around his father and ...

What do you do if you hear from someone about a really difficult life moment - losing a mother, a baby, facing completely unfair treatment at work? What do you do with those stories? If you're Damon ...

After making pitches to publishing agents without much success, Heidi Willis began flushing out the details of making her book — a 68-page humorous essay on gross, graphic stories of bathroom mishaps ...

Sloane Crosley is deputy director of publicity for the Random House imprint Vintage/Anchor. She is also the author of two popular books. Her debut collection of humorous essays, I Was Told There’d Be ...