A moment in time

Author(s)

Teri Rizvi

Document Type

Blog

Publication Date

1-28-2020

Abstract

(This piece originally ran in the University of Dayton Quarterly in the summer of 2000 following the launch of the Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop.) A treasured gift - a clock with a smiling photo of Bill and Erma Bombeck - sits on my cluttered office desk. "The clock photo thing was a part of her office. The picture had been changed. (She probably had Paul what's-his-name Newman in it)," wrote Bill Bombeck in a funny, touching thank-you note after the Erma Bombeck Conference on Popular American Humor at the University of Dayton. "The success was beyond my wildest dreams."

Keywords

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

eCommons Citation

Rizvi, Teri, "A moment in time" (2020). Erma Bombeck Writers' Workshop Blog. 986.
https://ecommons.udayton.edu/ebww_blog/986