Call us biased, but we think Southerners are pretty witty, from the great comedians that have come out of the South to our insightful and clever writers. Plus, everyone knows a joke is just plain ...

2003-05-03T09:59:03-04:00https://images.c-span.org/defaults/bookTvA.jpgModerated by Mr. Godchaux, a television sitcom writer, the panelists discussed the idea of ...

Since we read anthologies primarily because of the contributors, it’s easy to overlook the editor. Much of an editor’s efforts are behind the scenes anyway: deciding which story to use, say, or ...

The Shortest Book in the World” is a venerable genre. Think “Career Management” by Charlie Sheen or “Secrets to a Successful Marriage” by Tiger Woods. At 89 pages, Wade Hall’s study of Southern Civil ...

People may think of Southern humor in terms of missing teeth and outhouse accidents, but the best of it is a rich vein running through the best of Southern literature. When I assembled an anthology of ...

Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X At a certain point in his five years as a professional standup comic, Cliff Cash realized that he ...

Voted one of the top three comedians in Comedy Central’s “Standup Showdown,” Lisa Landry brings her Southern humor to Scottsdale. DETAILS >> 7 p.m. and 9 p.m. Friday, Aug. 31 and Saturday, Sept. 1.

Reviewed Works: Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch Alice Hegan RiceMiss Minerva and William Green Hill Frances Boyd Calhoun Published semiannually since 1967, The Southern Literary Journal is concerned ...

The women of the Southern Fried Chicks Comedy Tour, coming Sunday to UND Chester Fritz Auditorium, like to call themselves the original "Desperate Housewives." That is -- according to the Chicks' ...