Duhamel on Humor in Poetry

“The more sacred the slain cow, the tastier the feast.” -Denise Duhamel Denise Duhamel gave a laugh-out-loud funny talk on an oft-undervalued aspect of poetry: humor. She showed how classic stand-up tricks, like following the main punch-line with “tags,” mangled cliches and malapropisms, and, above all, a tone in satire that admits complicity–a kind of …

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