Humor Writing

Julie Schumacher | The Shakespeare Requirement

Julie Schumacher, winner of the Thurber Prize for American Humor, will read from and discuss her new novel, The Shakespeare Requirement.  The novel takes place at Payne University, where Jason T. Fitger, the hapless anti-hero of Dear Committee Members, has been elected chair of his dysfunctional department.  Not the most natural of leaders, Fitger is stymied on multiple fronts.