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Melissa Balmain is a writer, teacher, and recovering mime. She edits Light, the country’s longest-running journal of comic verse. Her third book of humor, The Witch Demands a Retraction: Fairy-Tale Reboots for Adults, is due out in April ’21 from Humorist Books.

April 1, 2021

Six-Hundred Years of History Explained by April Fools’ Day

by Melissa Balmain
June 11, 2014

Who Are You Really?

by Melissa Balmain
June 25, 2013

Before You Drop Your Child Off at Camp Honestee, You MUST Sign This Waiver

by Melissa Balmain

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April 13, 2021

An FAQ About Your New Birth Control: The Music of Rush

by Leslie Ylinen
April 9, 2021

The Five Stages of Grief When Dealing With No Longer Being Able to See the “Scoop, There It Is” Geico Commercial

by Kevin Lutz
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An Open Letter to My Children Regarding the Commencement of Asynchronous Parenting

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