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Articles by
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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July 18, 2019List: Things You’re More Likely to Get Arrested for Than Rape
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May 31, 2019List: Writing Prompts for the Dumped
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April 21, 2016List: Topics to Be Discussed During This Year’s Seder, More or Less in the Order They’ll Occur
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July 12, 2012Harold Brodkey Explains Carly Rae Jepsen’s “Call Me Maybe.”