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Dan Zevin

Dan Zevin is the 2013 winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor. His latest book, Dan Gets a Minivan: Life at the Intersection of Dude and Dad, along with his previous one, The Day I Turned Uncool, have been optioned by Adam Sandler's Happy Madison Productions. He has followed his readers through each phase of life, from post-college coping (Entry-Level Life) to tying the knot (The Nearly-wed Handbook) to developing a disturbing new interest in lawn care and wine tastings (Uncool). And that was all before he had kids.

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From the powder room

Marriage is give and take. But sometimes it's hard to take without your girlfriends. As humorist Janie Emaus knows, they bring the tissue, a good bottle of vodka and a much-needed perspective to help through the rough times. Her essay, "Confucius Say: When Shit Hits Fan, Girlfriends Bring Pooper Scooper," appears in the newly published anthology, You Have Lipstick on Your Teeth. ...
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Only the good dye young

(Amy McVay Abbott's humorous essay originally appeared in The Broad Side. Reposted by permission.) As we age, parts of us change color. We want our teeth to be white, but not our hair. We want our arms and legs sun-kissed and bronzed, but certainly no brown age spots on our faces. It is a problem we women "of a certain age" deal with every day. A few weeks ago I was visiting my father who lives in a retirement home. Another resident saw me in the hall and asked, "Are you a new resid ...
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