A free evening of humor readings to celebrate Griefstrike!, finalist for The Thurber Prize for American Humor, featuring guest readers: Josh Gondelman, Jiji Lee, Jen Spyra, and Colin Nissan.<a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="http://jasonroeder.net/">Jason Roeder</a> is a former senior editor at The Onion as well as a contributor to The New Yorker and McSweeney's Internet Tendency. He is also the author of the humor book Griefstrike: The Ultimate Guide to Mourning, which is currently a finalist for the Thurber Prize for American Humor. He lives in Los Angeles.James Folta is a writer and editor based in Brooklyn. He’s a staff writer for Lit Hub and the managing editor of the humor site Points In Case.Luke Burns is a writer whose work has been published by The New Yorker, McSweeney’s Internet Tendency, New York Magazine, and in the books The Best of McSweeney’s Internet Tendency and Keep Scrolling Till You Feel Something. In 2024, his translation of Masters of the Nefarious, the cult classic comedic French graphic novel, was published by NYRB’s comics imprint.\JiJi Lee has contributed to The New Yorker, The New York Times, The Onion, and McSweeney's.Josh Gondelman is a standup comedian and an Emmy award winning television writer. He's also a regular panelist on NPR's Wait Wait...Don't Tell Me. If none of those ring a bell, then you probably haven't heard of him, which is completely understandable and does not hurt his feelings.Jen Spyra is a former staff writer for The Late Show with Stephen Colbert and The Onion. Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The New York Times, New York Magazine, McSweeney's, and elsewhere, and she has written and developed for television with HBO, MAX, and Peacock. Spyra’s debut short story collection Big Time was published in 2021, and she is currently adapting the title story as a feature. Her debut novel will be published by Random House in 2026.Colin Nissan is a humor writer, advertising copywriter and voice actor. He's a frequent contributor to The New Yorker and McSweeney's, and has also written for The Onion, The New York Times and The Paris Review, among other places. His piece, "It's Decorative Gourd Season, Motherfuckers" was published in book form by Chronicle Books. He is currently working on a collection of short stories.