Sue D. Gelber
@suegelber.bsky.social
Writer, runner, dog person • Words in New Yorker, McSweeney's, Electric Lit, etc. • Humor Editor at The Museum of Americana lit review • Fiction judge at NYCMidnight • Sometimes funny, often tired
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A little late posting because apparently there were some things going on in the world? Anyway, happy to be in @theoffingmag.bsky.social with some Wit Tea humor! theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/glen...
Glengarry Glen Ross for the Gig Economy - The Offing
Wit Tea - The Offing Magazine
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September 24, 2025 at 8:40 PM
A little late posting because apparently there were some things going on in the world? Anyway, happy to be in @theoffingmag.bsky.social with some Wit Tea humor! theoffingmag.com/wit-tea/glen...
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I'm looking forward to teaching a morning session about classic story structures (like the quest and a stranger comes to town) and popular alternative structures (like the crazy neighbor story) at this year's Arapahoe Community College Lit Fest! February 22, just $30 for students: bit.ly/4jXUgDY
February 12, 2025 at 6:34 PM
I'm looking forward to teaching a morning session about classic story structures (like the quest and a stranger comes to town) and popular alternative structures (like the crazy neighbor story) at this year's Arapahoe Community College Lit Fest! February 22, just $30 for students: bit.ly/4jXUgDY
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Writer friends, The Museum of Americana Literary Review is OPEN for submissions during December! Send us your prose, poetry, art, and HUMOR. The world is terrible, so send me something funny. We look forward to reading your work! Submission info here: themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
Submissions
Submissions of fiction, nonfiction, humor writing, poetry, and art will be read in the months of April, August, and December. Submissions in prose and poetry will be considered for both our regular…
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December 14, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Writer friends, The Museum of Americana Literary Review is OPEN for submissions during December! Send us your prose, poetry, art, and HUMOR. The world is terrible, so send me something funny. We look forward to reading your work! Submission info here: themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
The definitive step-by-step guide by the fab/funny @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social!
"Divide and conquer. One adult can dole out hot chocolate and cookies to keep the children occupied while the other adult unpacks the decorations that were crammed into boxes last February 23 without even a passing nod to organization."
Tips for Trimming a Christmas Tree with Small Children
If your tree isn’t pre-lit, you might want to be. Divide and conquer. One adult can dole out hot chocolate and cookies to keep the children occupie...
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December 17, 2024 at 7:39 PM
The definitive step-by-step guide by the fab/funny @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social!
This piece is 100% accurate
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Everything I need to know about Christmas tree decorating I learned from @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social
Everything I need to know about Christmas tree decorating I learned from @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social
Tips for Trimming a Christmas Tree with Small Children
If your tree isn’t pre-lit, you might want to be.
Divide and conquer. One adult can dole out hot chocolate and cookies to keep the children occupie...
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December 17, 2024 at 7:24 PM
This piece is 100% accurate
Writer friends, The Museum of Americana Literary Review is OPEN for submissions during December! Send us your prose, poetry, art, and HUMOR. The world is terrible, so send me something funny. We look forward to reading your work! Submission info here: themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
Submissions
Submissions of fiction, nonfiction, humor writing, poetry, and art will be read in the months of April, August, and December. Submissions in prose and poetry will be considered for both our regular…
themuseumofamericana.net
December 14, 2024 at 2:12 AM
Writer friends, The Museum of Americana Literary Review is OPEN for submissions during December! Send us your prose, poetry, art, and HUMOR. The world is terrible, so send me something funny. We look forward to reading your work! Submission info here: themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
Seems only appropriate to share here on Bluesky this hilarious piece by @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social and @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social up today on @mcsweeneys.net!
Welcome to Bluesky, but Maybe Take it Down a Notch? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wel...
Welcome to Bluesky, but Maybe Take it Down a Notch? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wel...
Welcome to Bluesky, but Maybe Take it Down a Notch?
“Over the past week, Bluesky’s growth has exploded, more than doubling to 15 million-plus users as people seek alternatives to X, Facebook, and Thr...
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November 21, 2024 at 7:01 PM
Seems only appropriate to share here on Bluesky this hilarious piece by @miriamjayaratna.bsky.social and @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social up today on @mcsweeneys.net!
Welcome to Bluesky, but Maybe Take it Down a Notch? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wel...
Welcome to Bluesky, but Maybe Take it Down a Notch? www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/wel...
Geez, you forget to log into a sleepy social media site for a few months and look what happens! Happy to see so many writer and runner friends here. Hopefully this place doesn’t turn into a cesspool. We deserve at least one nice thing!
November 20, 2024 at 4:26 PM
Geez, you forget to log into a sleepy social media site for a few months and look what happens! Happy to see so many writer and runner friends here. Hopefully this place doesn’t turn into a cesspool. We deserve at least one nice thing!
Calling all procrastinating writers (is that redundant?), 10 days left for the museum of americana's open reading period. Accepting general submissions as well as pieces for our special section on baseball. We look forward to reading your work! themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
Submissions
Call for Submissions: August Reading Period Now Open! The museum of americana is thrilled to announce that our August reading period is now open for submissions! We invite writers and artists to submi...
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August 21, 2024 at 8:23 AM
Calling all procrastinating writers (is that redundant?), 10 days left for the museum of americana's open reading period. Accepting general submissions as well as pieces for our special section on baseball. We look forward to reading your work! themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
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If you're interested in New Yorker/McSweeney's style short humor and satire, I put together a little starter pack of some folks to follow.
And since these packs are limited to just 50 accounts, I'm working on a second volume--send me a message if I missed you and you want to be added!
And since these packs are limited to just 50 accounts, I'm working on a second volume--send me a message if I missed you and you want to be added!
July 30, 2024 at 1:32 PM
If you're interested in New Yorker/McSweeney's style short humor and satire, I put together a little starter pack of some folks to follow.
And since these packs are limited to just 50 accounts, I'm working on a second volume--send me a message if I missed you and you want to be added!
And since these packs are limited to just 50 accounts, I'm working on a second volume--send me a message if I missed you and you want to be added!
Reposted by Sue D. Gelber
Happy August! Writer friends, The Museum of Americana is OPEN for submissions this month, including humor! Would love to read your work. Info here themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
Submissions
Call for Submissions: August Reading Period Now Open! The museum of americana is thrilled to announce that our August reading period is now open for submissions! We invite writers and artists to submi...
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August 2, 2024 at 11:21 PM
Happy August! Writer friends, The Museum of Americana is OPEN for submissions this month, including humor! Would love to read your work. Info here themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
Writer friends, just a friendly reminder that The Museum of Americana Literary Review is OPEN for submissions until April 30. Prose, poetry, art and HUMOR! Send me something funny. Would love to read your work themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
Submissions
Submissions of fiction, nonfiction, humor writing, poetry, and art will be read in the months of April, August, and December. Submissions in prose and poetry will be considered for both our regular is...
themuseumofamericana.net
April 23, 2024 at 9:50 AM
Writer friends, just a friendly reminder that The Museum of Americana Literary Review is OPEN for submissions until April 30. Prose, poetry, art and HUMOR! Send me something funny. Would love to read your work themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
Normal people: Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Me: Happy anniversary of history’s largest unsolved art heist! ☘️🖼
Me: Happy anniversary of history’s largest unsolved art heist! ☘️🖼
March 18, 2024 at 12:17 PM
Normal people: Happy St Patrick’s Day!
Me: Happy anniversary of history’s largest unsolved art heist! ☘️🖼
Me: Happy anniversary of history’s largest unsolved art heist! ☘️🖼
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Propellerheads feat: Miss Shirley Bassey - History Repeating
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January 16, 2024 at 3:42 AM
Funny writer friends, have you seen Julie Vick's One Funny Line Challenge? If not, check it out. It's a great way to jump start your 2024. The world is falling apart so let's laugh a little! open.substack.com/pub/julievic... @julievickwriter.bsky.social
January 11, 2024 at 7:23 PM
Funny writer friends, have you seen Julie Vick's One Funny Line Challenge? If not, check it out. It's a great way to jump start your 2024. The world is falling apart so let's laugh a little! open.substack.com/pub/julievic... @julievickwriter.bsky.social
Love this one!
January 3, 2024 at 1:46 AM
Love this one!
Writer friends, still a few hours left to submit! We look forward to reading your work and celebrating writers throughout 2024
The museum closes for submissions December 31! Send us your best re-envisioned Americana—fiction, essays, flash, poetry, humor, music, art, photography, interviews/reviews for Spring Issue 32 + we’re reading prose for spring Americana Stories. Full guidelines at themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
December 31, 2023 at 2:00 PM
Writer friends, still a few hours left to submit! We look forward to reading your work and celebrating writers throughout 2024
Writer friends, submissions are still OPEN at the museum of americana! Get those subs in before the ball drops in Times Square
the museum of americana is open for submissions through 12/31! Seeking poetry, prose, humor, music, art and photography, reviews and interviews. Send us your reenvisioned Americana! themuseumofamericana.net/submissions/
December 22, 2023 at 9:39 PM
Writer friends, submissions are still OPEN at the museum of americana! Get those subs in before the ball drops in Times Square
And this piece is now my new fav
COSTELLO: Well, do you know who that is on first?
GRINCH: Sort of. I took his Christmas presents one year.
COSTELLO: You took whose Christmas presents?
GRINCH: Yes, but the Whos got them back.
COSTELLO: Who gave them back?
GRINCH: Sort of. I took his Christmas presents one year.
COSTELLO: You took whose Christmas presents?
GRINCH: Yes, but the Whos got them back.
COSTELLO: Who gave them back?
Abbott and Costello and the Grinch Watch a Baseball Game Between the Whos Down in Whoville
ABBOTT: Since it has historically caused us heartache, I’m going to grab a program with all the players’ names printed in it.
(Abbott leaves)
COSTE...
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December 22, 2023 at 4:37 PM
And this piece is now my new fav
So many great holiday pieces on McSweeney’s this year! If you need some comic relief, check out this very funny piece by Cara Marino
"Mary, sorry we’re late. Traffic was completely donkey-to-donkey. I told your father not to follow the same damn star everyone else was, but who listens to me?"
Mary’s Mother Visits the Manger
Mary, sorry we’re late. Traffic was completely donkey-to-donkey. I told your father not to follow the same damn star everyone else was, but who lis...
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December 22, 2023 at 4:34 PM
So many great holiday pieces on McSweeney’s this year! If you need some comic relief, check out this very funny piece by Cara Marino
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WTAW is excited to welcome two new members to the team, publishing assistants Katherine Rooks and @sasco2010.bsky.social. We're thrilled to have Katherine and Shirley on board as we expand our book publishing programs. Find them on social media and say hello! Learn more at mailchi.mp/wtawpress.or...
December 7, 2023 at 5:20 PM
WTAW is excited to welcome two new members to the team, publishing assistants Katherine Rooks and @sasco2010.bsky.social. We're thrilled to have Katherine and Shirley on board as we expand our book publishing programs. Find them on social media and say hello! Learn more at mailchi.mp/wtawpress.or...
Why was that burger at Newark airport so expensive? Cuz they are carrying massive student debt from the David Brooks Elite Sandwich College www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cou... @mcsweeneys.bsky.social
September 21, 2023 at 8:57 PM
Why was that burger at Newark airport so expensive? Cuz they are carrying massive student debt from the David Brooks Elite Sandwich College www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/cou... @mcsweeneys.bsky.social
In honor of the The New Season section in @nytimes.com this past weekend, re-upping this piece on @therumpus.bsky.social about other Broadway shows that are sure to be big hits therumpus.net/2023/04/20/c...
Coming To Broadway: Classic Plays About Modern Air Travel - The Rumpus.net
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September 19, 2023 at 4:58 PM
In honor of the The New Season section in @nytimes.com this past weekend, re-upping this piece on @therumpus.bsky.social about other Broadway shows that are sure to be big hits therumpus.net/2023/04/20/c...
Love this McSweeney's piece by the always funny @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social ! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/son...
Son, You’re Old Enough to Know the Truth, There is No Such Thing as the “Invisible Hand of the M...
Son, you’re eight years old now, and you’ll probably hear this soon enough from the other kids on the playground anyway, so I might as well tell yo...
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September 19, 2023 at 2:16 PM
Love this McSweeney's piece by the always funny @kathrynbaecht.bsky.social ! www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/son...