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Wednesday March 9, 2016

Misery Manifesto

Barb Best, who turns hassles into humor one laugh at a time, is the author of the new humor book, The Misery Manifesto: A Self-Help Parody for the Self-Absorbed with cartoons by Roz Chast, Liza Donnelly and Andrew Genn. Her comedy material has been performed by Joan Rivers and her essays, and light verse have been published in numerous print and digital publications. Barb's books include Find Your Funny: The LOL Survival Guide for Teens with Joanne Jackal, Ph.D., Smiles to Go: Take-Out for the SMILE Hungry with Barbara Grapstein and 100 Fast & Funny: Ha-Musings. She is proud as spiked punch to be an Erma Bombeck Global Humor Winner.

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Winners!

Best-selling author, humorist, syndicated columnist and feminist scholar Gina Barreca will emcee the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, at the Centerville Library, 111 W. Spring Valley Rd. It's free and open to the public. In this year's competition, 563 writers from 46 states and eight countries entered previously unpublished essays in humor and human interest categories - roughly 253,350 words. Here are the winners: Humor (Global): Mary Kay ...
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Winners!

Best-selling author, humorist, syndicated columnist and feminist scholar Gina Barreca will emcee the Erma Bombeck Writing Competition Awards Ceremony at 7 p.m., Wednesday, March 30, at the Centerville Library, 111 W. Spring Valley Rd. It's free and open to the public. In this year's competition, 563 writers from 46 states and eight countries entered previously unpublished essays in humor and human interest categories - roughly 253,350 words. Here are the winners: Humor (Global): Mary Kay ...
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