Posts by Lyndsi Barnes

Researcher Spotlight: Joyce Johnson

by Lyndsi Barnes
April 6, 2020

She describes her three years of work in the Berg Collection using the Jack Kerouac archive.

Bruce Jay Friedman, A Story Teller: Humanizing Humility

by Lyndsi Barnes
September 25, 2015

The term Black Humor was coined in the 1960s by critics who regarded him as a founder, and although Friedman admits that he was never fond of the term, it is true that he helped pioneer this darker comic tone that was grimmer than conventional satire.

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