Dave Barry just may be the only Pulitzer Prize–winning journalist who earns a living telling booger jokes. The retired syndicated humor columnist has been making a fool of himself — and then writing ...

Journalist, author and comedian Dave Barry has made a name for himself asking the important questions. Questions like: "How does the son of a Presbyterian minister wind up winning a Pulitzer Prize for ...

On a special episode (first released on May 25, 2025) of The Excerpt podcast: Nationally-syndicated humor columnist Dave Barry's memoir chronicles his life mostly spent joking around. Hit play on the ...

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Seventeen-year-old me could think of no better life outcome than to be paid to read Dave Barry and then write about it. I first read Barry’s work in May of 1999 when a friend gave me a copy of Barry’s ...

Samuel Clemens' early resume is a scrap heap of hapless ambition. School, printing, riverboat piloting, soldiering, prospecting — for one reason or another, none of his motley pursuits ever seemed to ...

Suggested reading from critics and editors at The New York Times. Sometimes you feel like a nut, as the old jingle had it; sometimes you don’t. This week we recommend books to make you laugh or cry, ...