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S'està carregant… More Mirth of a Nation : The Best Contemporary Humorde Michael J. Rosen (Editor)
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More seriously funny writing from American's most trusted humor anthology Witty, wise, and just plain wonderful, the inaugural volume of this biennial, Mirth of a Nation, ensured a place for the best contemporary humor writing in the country. And with this second treasury, Michael J. Rosen has once again assembled a triumphant salute to one of America's greatest assets: its sense of humor. More than five dozen acclaimed authors showcase their hilariously inventive works, including Paul Rudnick, Henry Alford, Susan McCarthy, Media Person Lewis Grossberger, Ian Frazier, Richard Bausch, Amy Krouse Rosenthal, Nell Scovell, Andy Borowitz, and Ben Greenman -- just to mention a handful so that the other contributors can justify their feelings that the world slights them. But there's more! More Mirth of a Nation includes scads of Unnatural Histories from Randy Cohen, Will Durst's "Top Top-100 Lists" (including the top 100 colors, foods, and body parts), and three unabridged (albeit rather short) chapbooks: David Bader's "How to Meditate Faster" (Enlightenment for those who keep asking, "Are we done yet?") Matt Neuman's "49 Simple Things You Can Do to Save the Earth" (for instance, "Make your own honey" and "Share your shower.") Francis Heaney's "Holy Tango of Poetry" (which answers the question, "What if poets wrote poems whose titles were anagrams of their names, i.e., 'Toilets,' by T. S. Eliot?") And there's still more: "The Periodic Table of Rejected Elements," meaningless fables, Van Gogh's Etch A Sketch drawings, a Zagat's survey of existence, an international baby-naming encyclopedia, Aristotle's long-lost treatise "On Baseball," and an unhealthy selection of letters from Dr. Science's mailbag. And that's just for starters! Just remember, as one reviewer wrote of the first volume, "Don't drink milk while reading." No s'han trobat descripcions de biblioteca. |
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 Google Books — S'està carregant…GèneresClassificació Decimal de Dewey (DDC)817.608Literature English (North America) American wit and humor 21st CenturyLCC (Clas. Bibl. Congrés EUA)ValoracióMitjana: (3.08)
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I tell you that story as preface to this comment about the second collection in the Mirth of a Nation series. (If there are two, it has to be a series, correct?) There are some of these pieces that are absolutely hysterical. There are some that are take or leave. And there are some that are so exceedingly boring, banal, and pointless that it is amazing they were ever printed. In other words, it is just like the first book. And here’s the real point. I am not going to belabor which ones are the good, the bad, and the ugly because your sense of humor won’t match mine, and we won’t agree. However, this is a wide-ranging collection that encompasses many different types of humor writing and, if you enjoy humorous writing (as I do), then you will want to read this collection. But, as a favor to the editors, don’t write to them and tell them that they were all funny or that they all stunk or that alcoholics might get offended or that they are too risqué. Believe me, someone has already written to them with a contrary opinion. Just accept that this is a decent collection of funny stuff. (