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Josh Sippie is the Director of Publishing Guidance at Gotham Writers Workshop, where he also teaches. His work has appeared in the Guardian, McSweeney's Internet Tendency, The Writer Magazine, Hobart, Brevity, and more. When not writing, he can be found wondering why he isn’t writing.

Comedy Writing

Jokes

AMBER ALERT: Middle-aged blonde woman in pink dress taken by spikey-shelled, bipedal turtle in egg-shaped, single-pilot helicopter. Last seen at border of Mushroom Kingdom.

— Josh Sippie,

Tracklist from Sméagol’s new album, “Precious”:
1. Precious
2. My Precious
3. The Precious
4. Not Their Precious
5. Our Precious, feat. Tech N9ne

— Josh Sippie,

Titles Ethelred the Unready would have preferred:
Ethelred the Give Me Five More Minutes
Ethelred the I’m Tying My Shoes
Ethelred the Just Wait in the Damn Car

— Josh Sippie,

Whatever your opinion on Mark Rothko’s art, you have to admit the guy didn’t cut any corners.

— Josh Sippie,
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