The first half of Short’s monologue continued in that fashion with old fashioned set-up, punchline jokes. He thanked “SNL” creator and executive producer Lorne Michaels for inviting him to host on the ...

A Don DeLillo novel; a Joy Williams short story. By Molly Young Dear readers, This week’s theme is “short and sweet”: Short sentences, short stories, a sweet spot of a prose pair, and that ...