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Sacks has worked at [[The Washington Post]], and is currently on the editorial staff of [[Vanity Fair magazine]]<ref>[http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/mike-sacks?contributorName=Mike%20Sacks Mike Sacks in VF]</ref>. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Vanity Fair, [[The New Yorker]],<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/17/040517sh_shouts A Leaflet Dropped Over Amy Weller's House in New Yorker]</ref><ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2009/11/30/091130sh_shouts_sacks My Parents, Enid and Sal, Used to be Porn Stars in New Yorker]</ref><ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/04/12/100412sh_shouts_sacksrothman Geoff Sarkin is Using Twitter! in New Yorker]</ref> [[McSweeney's]],<ref>[http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/1/26sacks.html Whoops! in McSweeney's]</ref><ref>[http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/10/16sacks.html When Making Love to Me: What Every Woman Must Please Keep In Mind in McSweeney's]</ref><ref>[http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2007/9/18sacks.html Rules for My Cuddle Party in McSweeney's]</ref> Believer,<ref>[http://www.believermag.com/contributors/?read=sacks,+mike Contributor to Believer]</ref> Women's Health,<ref>[http://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/worst-proposals How Not to Pop The Question in Women's Health]</ref>, and Salon,<ref>[http://dir.salon.com/books/int/2005/08/23/lynde/index.html Queer as Folk in Salon]</ref> among other publications. Sacks has also written two books for which he has received notice from both mainstream and humor-focused periodicals, such as [[The New York Post]],<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/agenda_the_sex_issue_NhCl8C4yk3LywQno4qUMZJ Sacks in NY Post]</ref> Men's Health,<ref>[http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/sex-hilarious Sacks in Men's Health]</ref> GQ,<ref>[http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2010/08/sex-now-that-weve-gotten-your-porn-search-the-new-self-help-sex-book-parody-sex-our-bodies-our-junk.html#ixzz0xq7XxUdH Sacks in GQ]</ref> The Austin Chronicle,<ref>[http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A803118 Sacks in Austin Chronicle]</ref> and the Onion's A.V. Club.<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/mike-sacks-and-heres-the-kicker,31548/ Sacks in A.V. Club]</ref> He was interviewed by National Public Radio in a segment entitled "Comedy Writing: How to be Funny."<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111456667 Sacks on NPR]</ref> |
Sacks has worked at [[The Washington Post]], and is currently on the editorial staff of [[Vanity Fair magazine]]<ref>[http://www.vanityfair.com/contributors/mike-sacks?contributorName=Mike%20Sacks Mike Sacks in VF]</ref>. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Vanity Fair, [[The New Yorker]],<ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/archive/2004/05/17/040517sh_shouts A Leaflet Dropped Over Amy Weller's House in New Yorker]</ref><ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2009/11/30/091130sh_shouts_sacks My Parents, Enid and Sal, Used to be Porn Stars in New Yorker]</ref><ref>[http://www.newyorker.com/humor/2010/04/12/100412sh_shouts_sacksrothman Geoff Sarkin is Using Twitter! in New Yorker]</ref> [[McSweeney's]],<ref>[http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2006/1/26sacks.html Whoops! in McSweeney's]</ref><ref>[http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2008/10/16sacks.html When Making Love to Me: What Every Woman Must Please Keep In Mind in McSweeney's]</ref><ref>[http://www.mcsweeneys.net/2007/9/18sacks.html Rules for My Cuddle Party in McSweeney's]</ref> Believer,<ref>[http://www.believermag.com/contributors/?read=sacks,+mike Contributor to Believer]</ref> Women's Health,<ref>[http://www.womenshealthmag.com/life/worst-proposals How Not to Pop The Question in Women's Health]</ref>, and Salon,<ref>[http://dir.salon.com/books/int/2005/08/23/lynde/index.html Queer as Folk in Salon]</ref> among other publications. Sacks has also written two books for which he has received notice from both mainstream and humor-focused periodicals, such as [[The New York Post]],<ref>[http://www.nypost.com/p/entertainment/agenda_the_sex_issue_NhCl8C4yk3LywQno4qUMZJ Sacks in NY Post]</ref> Men's Health,<ref>[http://www.menshealth.com/sex-women/sex-hilarious Sacks in Men's Health]</ref> GQ,<ref>[http://www.gq.com/blogs/the-q/2010/08/sex-now-that-weve-gotten-your-porn-search-the-new-self-help-sex-book-parody-sex-our-bodies-our-junk.html#ixzz0xq7XxUdH Sacks in GQ]</ref> The Austin Chronicle,<ref>[http://www.austinchronicle.com/gyrobase/Issue/story?oid=oid%3A803118 Sacks in Austin Chronicle]</ref> and the Onion's A.V. Club.<ref>[http://www.avclub.com/articles/mike-sacks-and-heres-the-kicker,31548/ Sacks in A.V. Club]</ref> He was interviewed by National Public Radio in a segment entitled "Comedy Writing: How to be Funny."<ref>[http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=111456667 Sacks on NPR]</ref> |
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''And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers'' was published by [[Writer's Digest]] Books in July 2009.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Heres-Kicker-Conversations-Humor-Writers/dp/1582975051 And Here's the Kicker]</ref> Those interviewed include: [[Buck Henry]], [[Stephen Merchant]], [[Harold Ramis]], [[Dan Mazer]], [[Merrill Markoe]], [[George Meyer]], [[Larry Gelbart]], [[Irving Brecher]], [[Bob Odenkirk]], [[Marshall Brickman]], [[David Sedaris]], [[Allison Silverman]], [[Jack Handey]], and television historian Ben Glenn II. ''SEX: Our Bodies, Our Junk'', was released in the summer of 2010,<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Our-Bodies-Junk/dp/0307592162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291384133&sr=1-1 Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk]</ref> and was co-written Scott Jacobson (Daily Show), Todd Levin (Tonight Show), Jason Roeder (Esquire, and Ted Travelstead (Esquire), who together form a writing group called The Pleasure Syndicate. |
''And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers'' was published by [[Writer's Digest]] Books in July 2009.<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Heres-Kicker-Conversations-Humor-Writers/dp/1582975051 And Here's the Kicker]</ref> Those interviewed include: [[Buck Henry]], [[Stephen Merchant]], [[Harold Ramis]], [[Dan Mazer]], [[Merrill Markoe]], [[George Meyer]], [[Larry Gelbart]], [[Irving Brecher]], [[Bob Odenkirk]], [[Marshall Brickman]], [[David Sedaris]], [[Allison Silverman]], [[Jack Handey]], and television historian Ben Glenn II. ''SEX: Our Bodies, Our Junk'', was released in the summer of 2010,<ref>[http://www.amazon.com/Sex-Our-Bodies-Junk/dp/0307592162/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1291384133&sr=1-1 Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk]</ref> and was co-written with Scott Jacobson (Daily Show), Todd Levin (Tonight Show), Jason Roeder (Esquire, and Ted Travelstead (Esquire), who together form a writing group called The Pleasure Syndicate. |
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A third book by Sacks that is a collection of his previously published short humor pieces will be released by [[Tin House]] in the Spring of 2011. |
A third book by Sacks that is a collection of his previously published short humor pieces will be released by [[Tin House]] in the Spring of 2011. |
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File:MikeSacks.jpg Author Mike Sacks | |
Education | Tulane University |
Website | mikesacks.com |
Mike Sacks is an American author, humor writer, and magazine editor based in New York City. Sacks was born in Virginia and raised in Maryland before attending Tulane University in New Orleans.
Sacks has worked at The Washington Post, and is currently on the editorial staff of Vanity Fair magazine[1]. His work has appeared in numerous publications, including Vanity Fair, The New Yorker,[2][3][4] McSweeney's,[5][6][7] Believer,[8] Women's Health,[9], and Salon,[10] among other publications. Sacks has also written two books for which he has received notice from both mainstream and humor-focused periodicals, such as The New York Post,[11] Men's Health,[12] GQ,[13] The Austin Chronicle,[14] and the Onion's A.V. Club.[15] He was interviewed by National Public Radio in a segment entitled "Comedy Writing: How to be Funny."[16]
And Here's the Kicker: Conversations with 21 Top Humor Writers was published by Writer's Digest Books in July 2009.[17] Those interviewed include: Buck Henry, Stephen Merchant, Harold Ramis, Dan Mazer, Merrill Markoe, George Meyer, Larry Gelbart, Irving Brecher, Bob Odenkirk, Marshall Brickman, David Sedaris, Allison Silverman, Jack Handey, and television historian Ben Glenn II. SEX: Our Bodies, Our Junk, was released in the summer of 2010,[18] and was co-written with Scott Jacobson (Daily Show), Todd Levin (Tonight Show), Jason Roeder (Esquire, and Ted Travelstead (Esquire), who together form a writing group called The Pleasure Syndicate.
A third book by Sacks that is a collection of his previously published short humor pieces will be released by Tin House in the Spring of 2011.
References
- ^ Mike Sacks in VF
- ^ A Leaflet Dropped Over Amy Weller's House in New Yorker
- ^ My Parents, Enid and Sal, Used to be Porn Stars in New Yorker
- ^ Geoff Sarkin is Using Twitter! in New Yorker
- ^ Whoops! in McSweeney's
- ^ When Making Love to Me: What Every Woman Must Please Keep In Mind in McSweeney's
- ^ Rules for My Cuddle Party in McSweeney's
- ^ Contributor to Believer
- ^ How Not to Pop The Question in Women's Health
- ^ Queer as Folk in Salon
- ^ Sacks in NY Post
- ^ Sacks in Men's Health
- ^ Sacks in GQ
- ^ Sacks in Austin Chronicle
- ^ Sacks in A.V. Club
- ^ Sacks on NPR
- ^ And Here's the Kicker
- ^ Sex: Our Bodies, Our Junk