Lily Hirsch | Points in Case

Lily Hirsch

Lily Hirsch is the author of books about music during the Nazi era and one about Weird Al. No, that is not a joke.

Comedy Writing

I'm an athletic person so the sweatband is useful and does not look like the beginnings of a goofy '80s Halloween costume.

We give single people a chance to fall in love by making sure they are distracted by a bunch of petty in-fighting and random side-eye.

Between work and the kids, I’m as busy as George Santos if he had actually done all that stuff he said he’d done.

There is no need for me to use fancy equipment or creams. I do not belong in Hollywood. That is not my natural habitat.

Does this calendar actually work, since your new year's resolution was "do not grow as a person?"

When it’s my turn to choose the book and I pick a trashy romance novel, no members can audibly sigh or give off any sense of smug superiority.

Congrats on your new academic article, though I should really be congratulating myself because the version of your I wrote in my head is much better.

Can we be honest? I haven’t written a single page yet so the actual final product is as much of a mystery to you as it is to me.