Dave Barry says he's always been the "class clown." His new book looks back at his "first 77 years," examining the funny but also the tragic. NPR's Scott Simon speaks to the Pulitzer Prize winner.

Nearly 800 people packed the Lesher Center’s Hofmann Theatre on a recent weeknight as Pulitzer Prize-winning humorist Dave Barry took the stage, delivering a laughter-filled performance that touched ...

The first humor book I ever read was called Dave Barry Is NOT Making This Up. It was a collection of columns by funnyman Dave Barry (who else?), and I laughed until I cried reading about exploding ...

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These days, writer and former Miami Herald syndicated columnist Dave Barry has found solace in telling stories that aren’t necessarily true. Not that his style was entirely truthful. But his writing ...

For dedicated fans of Dave Barry’s long career in humor, it almost seems superfluous for him to publish a memoir, considering how many of his columns and books feature his own misadventures. But there ...

It took me a while to count the works listed under "Also by Dave Barry" in the front of "Class Clown: The Memoirs of a Professional Wiseass: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up." It would appear ...

Samuel Clemens' early resume is a scrap heap of hapless ambition. School, printing, riverboat piloting, soldiering, prospecting — for one reason or another, none of his motley pursuits ever seemed to ...

Sometimes a title does tell it all, and even maybe a little too much. Dave Barry's new book is "Class Clown: The Memoirs Of A Professional Wisea**: How I Went 77 Years Without Growing Up." Dave Barry ...