american satire

Explores First Amendment rights through the headline-grabbing moments when our Constitution's integrity has been tested.

A collection of over twenty short stories spanning the career of author Chuck Palahniuk, and offering a disturbing and humorous look at life and death.

A satirical take on an encyclopedia by the staff of "The Onion, " with humorous, alphabetically-arranged entries about a variety of topics.

George Babbitt, a successful middle-aged businessman living in 1920s Ohio, is shocked when his best friend is convicted of murder.

Stephen Colbert offers satirical comments on a variety of topics, including family, the elderly, religion, sports, sex, higher education, Hollywood, the media, race, immigration, science, and more.

As the Black Spy and the White Spy try to finish each other off once and for all, the mysterious Gray Lady Spy steps in to stir things up.

Study of humor in presidential campaigns from 1952 to 1984 including the humor of the candidates and humor from Art Buchwald, Mort Sahl, Mark Russell, Johnny Carson, Bob Hope, David Steinberg, Paul Conrad, Pat Oliphant, Jeff McNelly, Gary Trudeau, Jules Feiffer, That Was the Week That Was, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, and Saturday Night Live.

A biography of twentieth-century author Sinclair Lewis, the first American to win the Nobel Prize for Literature, drawing from recently discovered correspondence, diaries, and criticism to discuss his struggle with alcoholism, his stormy marriages, his love for a much younger woman, and other aspects of his private and public life.