Humor Can Reclaim & Assert Power

I like laughing. Who doesn’t?

When I wrote my memoir (launch date next Tuesday, May 14th), a lot of humor was intentionally laced throughout the book. I don’t know, but some readers may find that surprising, given the topics' seriousness in several ways.

I found humor surprising when I first ran into Augusten Burroughs's memoir, “Running With Scissors” (also made into a film). I have read several of his works, and in any given traumatic story, the man can make the reader laugh out loud, cry with ...