Creative Writing Classes Taught by Elissa Bassist
Elissa Bassist is the editor of the “Funny Women” column on The Rumpus and the author of Hysterical, a semi-finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. As a founding contributor to The Rumpus, Elissa has written cultural and personal criticism since the website launched in 2009. INSIDE JOKES, a humor writing craft book, co-written with Caitlin Kunkel, is forthcoming from Grand Central Publishing in 2026. Elissa teaches humor writing at The New School and elsewhere, and she is probably her therapist’s favorite.
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Writing Funny Personal Essays, a Zoom Seminar with Elissa Bassist on Sunday, January 18th, 2026
Writing Traumedy: How to be Sad-Funny in Memoir and Personal Essay, a Zoom Seminar with Elissa Bassist on Sunday, December 14th, 2025
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