Tag: tragedy

“Joey is going to be President someday. He was made to be in the White House. There is no one else who can lead the country. Just you wait and see.”

Roxane Gay examines her own feelings on tragedy and atrocity and in doing so, helps us find compassion in grief and anger.

The funnier you are, the more I think there’s a tragic undercurrent. … I think humor is one of the highest forms of tragedy there is. People talk about the serious novel and these sort of hallowed tones and how important it is, but I think a lot of humorous stuff — books by writers […]