Elissa Bassist edits the column Funny Women on The Rumpus and teaches humor writing at The New School, 92NY, and elsewhere. Visit elissabassist.com for upcoming classes as well as cultural and personal criticism. Her writing appears most recently in her newsletters, Tragedy Plus Time (for writers) and HYSTERICAL (for crazy psycho bitches). Her second book, a humor writing craft book, is forthcoming from Grand Central Publishing in 2026.