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Elissa Bassist
Elissa Bassist edits the column Funny Women on The Rumpus and teaches humor writing at The New School, Lighthouse Writers Workshop, and Catapult. Most recently her writing appears in the NYT bestseller Not That Bad: Dispatches from Rape Culture, edited by Roxane Gay. Visit elissabassist.com for upcoming classes as well as cultural and personal criticism.
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June 3, 2021Why Do You Want to Unsubscribe? WHY?!
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July 18, 2019Things You’re More Likely to Get Arrested for Than Rape
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May 31, 2019Writing Prompts for the Dumped
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April 21, 2016Topics to Be Discussed During This Year’s Seder, More or Less in the Order They’ll Occur
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