humor

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When attached to a character, indeterminacy manifests itself as confusion, and the novel mines a lot of humor from the bumbling of its poet-antihero.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 31, 2026

The humor relied on a widely accepted idea that cows lack the intelligence to create or use tools.

From Science Daily • Mar. 26, 2026

Ms. Stepanova attends to the contradictions of her premise with humor and an easily worn intelligence.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

The result: Pedretti in Alloway’s instant cult classic is a laugh-out-loud-funny unending well of charm, packing humor into even her most routine dialogue.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 25, 2026

There was little time for humor or celebration in a time of war.

From "Endgame" by Frank Brady