Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

2-19-2019

Abstract

I've been surprised by the response I've gotten when I've told people that I portray Erma Bombeck. Simply naming Erma generates spontaneous laughter. I'm not talking about a smile of recognition. No, people actually burst out laughing. Mere mention of the name Erma Bombeck triggers vivid memories of the feelings they had reading her column or her books and how her wit, humor, and acknowledgment saved them, turning frustration and despair into comic relief and self-acceptance as she described the multitude of trials and tribulations inherent in marriage, child bearing, potty training, teenage negotiating and empty nesting, along with the shopping, housekeeping, doctor's visits and a thousand other insistent aspects of everyday life.

Keywords

Erma Bombeck, humor writing, Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop, University of Dayton

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