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Saturday February 1, 2025

Humor Writer of the Month: Jessica Delfino

Jessica Delfino has spent her life writing all over the place in all the ways. She performs as a professional touring comedian with appearances on TV, radio and at worldwide festivals.

She has written articles for The New York Times, The Atlantic, The Week, The New Yorker’s “Daily Shouts and Murmurs” and McSweeney’s. She also contributes jokes to Late Night with Seth Meyers as a “joke faxer” and writes a comedy newsletter, "Museletter," on Substack with more than 8,000 subscribers.

In addition, she has written Dumb Jokes for Smart People, ghostwritten 13 other books and is a staff reporter covering politics for the Scranton Times-Tribune in Northeast Pennsylvania.

She is a married mom of two kids and two cats and performs monthly at Poconos Underground Comedy.

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