Laugh till you cry in this new collection of stories from the award-winning "Serena Williams of humor writing" ( New York Times Book Review ) about raising babies and trying not to be one. Called a "comedic Godsend" by Conan O'Brien and "the Stephen King of comedy writing" by John Mulaney, Simon Rich is back with New Teeth, his funniest and most personal collection yet. Two murderous pirates find a child stowaway on board and attempt to balance pillaging with co-parenting. A woman raised by wolves prepares for her parents' annual Thanksgiving visit. An aging mutant superhero is forced to learn humility when the mayor kicks him upstairs to a desk job. And in the hard-boiled caper "The Big Nap," a weary two-year-old detective struggles to make sense of "a world gone mad." Equal parts silly and sincere, New Teeth is an ode to growing up, growing older, and what it means to make a family.

The New Yorker dishes up a feast of delicious writing–food and drink memoirs, short stories, tell-alls, and poems, seasoned with a generous dash of cartoons. “To read this sparely elegant, moving portrait is to remember that writing well about food is really no different from writing well about life.”— Saveur (Ten Best Books of the Year) Since its earliest days, The New Yorker has been a tastemaker—literally. In this indispensable collection, M.F.K. Fisher pays homage to “cookery witches,” those mysterious cooks who possess “an uncanny power over food,” and Adam Gopnik asks if French cuisine is done for. There is Roald Dahl’s famous story “Taste,” in which a wine snob’s palate comes in for some unwelcome scrutiny, and Julian Barnes’s ingenious tale of a lifelong gourmand who goes on a very peculiar diet. Selected from the magazine’s plentiful larder, Secret Ingredients celebrates all forms of gustatory delight. A sample of the menu: Roger Angell on the art of the martini • Don DeLillo on Jell-O • Malcolm Gladwell on building a better ketchup • Jane Kramer on the writer’s kitchen • Chang-rae Lee on eating sea urchin • Steve Martin on menu mores • Alice McDermott on sex and ice cream • Dorothy Parker on dinner conversation • S. J. Perelman on a hollandaise assassin • Calvin Trillin on New York’s best bagel Whether you’re in the mood for snacking on humor pieces and cartoons or for savoring classic profiles of great chefs and great eaters, these offerings from The New Yorker ’s fabled history are sure to satisfy every taste.

"In 1936, a 20-year-old artist using the name Willis B. Rensie jump-started the comic-book medium. Writing and illustrating an action-packed weekly serial called Hawks of the Seas-- a pirate adventure series set in the 18th-century Caribbean-- the artist created one dynamic strip after another, honing his storytelling craft and shaping the comics medium with each one. That artist was none other than comics grand master Will Eisner From 1936 to 1938, Eisner's Hawks of the Seas weekly stories were translated into several different languages and distributed all over the world, and now they're collected here in this handsome hardcover edition"--Goodreads.com.

"A laugh on every page, Christina Oxenberg is one of the most lethal wits of the western world." - Robert F. Kennedy Jr.Humorous, short stories by Christina Oxenberg, an author known for her sharp imagery and dark sense of humor.This collection of short stories cover topics like Oxenberg's love of dancing in the clubs of Key West, Florida all night long and forays North to supper with the social set, and at all times with a questioning eye, taking note.

Do these Gloves Make my Ass Look Fat? is Christina Oxenberg's collection of funny, punchy short stories and anecdotes which chronicles the life of the eccentric author. Scenes and scenarios revolve around her experiences in her adopted home of Key West, Florida & her hometown of New York City, and its environs.

Life is Short: Read Short Stories is Christina Oxenberg's 3rd collection of funny, punchy short stories and anecdotes and chronicles a year in the life of the eccentric author. Scenes and scenarios revolve around her experiences in her adopted home of Key West, Florida & her hometown of New York City, and its environs.