Sarah Lawrence College to Conduct Humor Writing Workshop

A humor writing workshop will be conducted by author Dan Zevin at Sarah Lawrence College in Bronxville from July 16 to August 13, 2015 on Thursdays from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Attendees will read and discuss the work of James Thurber, P. G. Wodehouse, and Dorothy Parker as well as contemporary humorists such as Nora Ephron, David Sedaris, and Dave Barry. Classwork and assignments will cover the comic essay, the comic novel or short story, the topical news column, and the parody piece. In-class exercises examine preconceived notions of “serious” prose and are intended to help writers “find the sunny in the characters, dialogue, and situations they create.”

Zevin won the 2013 Thurber Prize for American Humor for his book “Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad.”

He grew up in Short Hills, NJ and has taught at NYU, Emerson College and Fordham as well as at Sarah Lawrence’s Writing Institute. Zevin has written humor pieces for digital and print publications including the New York Times, The New Yorker, Rolling Stone, and Salon.com.

He received a degree in journalism from N.Y.U. After graduation, he was hired by Walking Magazine, now defunct, as an editor. He is also the author of The Day I Turned Uncool.

Thurber House is the only national organization in the United States that judges and recognizes outstanding achievements in humor writing. The award is named after the late James Thurber, author, humorist and New Yorker magazine cover cartoonist.

The registration fee is $400.

To register, go to:

apply.slc.edu/register/?id=323e5724-18c5-4aa6-bce5-2660ab1eaac4

For more information, call 914-395-2205 or send an email to cce@sarahlawrence.edu.

The Writing Institute, Center for Continuing Education, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, NY.