Humorous Short Stories by Women

This file contains suggestions for humorous short stories by women for use in 
an Intro to Women's Literature course.  For more WMST-L files now available on
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Hello--

I'm looking for suggestions for funny short stories by women to use
for a unit in my Intro to Women's Lit course (147 level course).  I
have used Margaret Atwood's "The Little Red Hen Tells All," excerpts
from Shirley Jackson's 'family' books, among others, but would like
fresh suggestions.  Thanks so much.

Deborah Brothers
deborah.brothers  AT  llcc.edu

Hello,

If you are looking for a comic, I recommend Diane DiMassa's "Hothead
Paisan: Homocidal Lesbian Terrorist." http://www.hotheadpaisan.com/
:)

Reese

-- 
Reese Carey Kelly
Doctoral Candidate, Department of Sociology
University at Albany, SUNY
Visiting Instructor, Departments of Sociology and Women's and Gender Studies
Middlebury College

Lorrie Moore (contemporary U.S. writer) writes some wonderfully funny
short stories--some both humorous and moving. See in particular some
of the stories in her collection _Self-Help_, esp. the hysterical "How
to Become a Writer" (which begins "First, do anything else. . .") and
also "How to Talk to Your Mother." She has at least one or two other
story collections, too. Marilyn Edelstein

Marilyn Edelstein
Associate Professor of English
Santa Clara University
500 El Camino Real
Santa Clara CA 95053
medelstein  AT  scu.edu

Ali Smith's new collection of short stories called The First Person: And
Other Stories is witty, well-written, and tackles a variety of issues. Plus,
she's just such an amazing writer.

http://www.womenandchildrenfirst.com/book/9780307377715


-Chelsey

There are some excellent selections from a wide range of historical
periods in Daryl Dance's edited collection, Honey, Hush! An Anthology
of African American Women's Humor.

Margaret D. Stetz
Mae and Robert Carter Professor of Women's Studies and Professor of Humanities
University of Delaware

Have taught  Lily Tomlin . smart, edgy, fun. Jeannie Pfaelzer

Mohja Kahf is a hilarious writer.  I'm having trouble finding links to her
short stories online, but I know she has published some.  If not, her poems
are accessible and fairly narrative, and also funny.

Emily Regan Wills
PhD Candidate, Department of Politics
New School for Social Research
wille480  AT  newschool.edu

A great comic science fiction story is Carol Emshwiller's "Abominable," in
her collection Report to the Men's Club.   All the women have up and  left,
and the men speculate about whether they ever really existed or not.

As I remember, it's about six pages long, a great way to start an intro
class.

Funny, inventive lady

-- 
Dr. Sharon Collingwood
http://people.cohums.ohio-state.edu/collingwood7/

Department of Women's Studies
Ohio State University
286 University Hall
230 North Oval Mall
Columbus, Ohio 43210-1311

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Again, thanks to those who responded to my request for funny short
stories to use as a unit in a 100 level Intro to Women's Lit course.

Dance, Daryl Cumber, ed.  Honey, Hush!  An Anthology of African American Women's Humor
Emshwiller, Carol.  "Abominable."  Report to the Men's Club
Griffin, Pat.  "Diamonds, Dykes, and Double Plays."  In Sports Dykes. Susan Fox Rogers, ed.
Kahf, Mohja. (Nothing specific named, but she is said to be very funny)
Moore, Lorrie.  Self Help (collected)  also her novel Anagrams
Smith, Ali.  The First Person:  And other stories
Welty, Eudora.  "Why I Live at the P.O."

Cheers,

Deborah Brothers
deborah.brothers  AT  llcc.edu