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21TheCompoundWord — TheCompoundWord, frequently abbreviated as TCW, is an humor and satire magazine started at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. Founding of TCWOriginally conceived in circa 1999 (although current staffers cite conception dates going… …
22incisive — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. trenchant, penetrating; perceptive, discerning. See sharpness, feeling, intellect. II (Roget s IV) modif. 1. [Sarcastic] Syn. penetrating, cutting, biting, sharp, severe; see also sarcastic . 2.… …
23SHALOM ALEICHEM — (Sholem Aleykhem; narrative persona and subsequent pseudonym of Sholem Rabinovitsh (Rabinovitz); 1859–1916), Yiddish prose writer and humorist born on February 18, 1859 (old style; March 2, new style), in Pereyaslav (today: Pereyaslav… …
24Lawrence Riley — (1896 1974) was a successful American playwright and screenwriter. He gained fame in 1934 as the author of the Broadway hit Personal Appearance , which was turned by Mae West into the classic film Go West, Young Man (1936), starring… …
25Juan del Valle y Caviedes — (1645? 1697), often referenced as Caviedes, is a Latin American poet and author. Caviedes belongs chronologically to the Spanish American Baroque Colonial period, but he shares little with Baroque writers such as Sor Juana and Bernardo de… …
26Francisco de Quevedo — Infobox Writer name = Francisco de Quevedo caption = Francisco de Quevedo , after a painting by R. Ximeno. birthdate = September 14, 1580 [ [http://www.elpais.com/articulo/cultura/carta/Quevedo/permite/fijar/fecha/exacta/nacimiento/elpepucul/20080… …
27Karl Kraus — Plaque of Karl Kraus on the house where he was born in Jičín For the theologian, see Karl Christian Friedrich Krause. Karl Kraus (April 28, 1874 – June 12, 1936) was an Austrian writer and journalist, known as a satirist, essayist, aphorist,… …
28The Knight of the Burning Pestle — is a play by Francis Beaumont, first performed in 1607 and first published in a quarto in 1613. It is notable as the first whole parody (or pastiche) play in English. The play is a satire on chivalric romances in general, similar to Don Quixote …
29Martin/Molloy — was an Australian radio program starring Tony Martin and Mick Molloy, both formerly of The D Generation and The Late Show. It was broadcast nationwide on 54 radio stations for two hours on weekday evenings between 1995 and 1998. Contents 1 The… …
30Heart of a Dog — infobox Book | name = Heart of a Dog title orig = Собачье сердце translator = image caption = A 2001 Russian edition of The Fatal Eggs and Heart of a Dog. author = Mikhail Bulgakov illustrator = cover artist = country = U.S.S.R. language =… …
