"Fierce Pajamas : An Anthology"

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... of Humor Writing from The New Yorker"

The title piece is from E.B. White, who longs for a glamorous life at eternal dusk.

'Constant companion' is a phrase worthy of double takes.

Woody Allen's 'emotionally involved with a panda' line makes up for the second piece about an affair with Emma Bovery.

So far James Thurber's piece about a man trying to get his wife into the cellar is the funniest. 'You women always expect one to be able to find iron everywhere!'