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  • Emily Flake

    Part-Time Faculty

    Email
    flakee@newschool.edu

    Office Location
    A - 66 West 12th Street

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    Emily Flake

    Profile

    Emily Flake is a cartoonist, writer, and comic whose work appears regularly in the New Yorker, McSweeney’s, and other publications. She is the author of several books, most recently Joke in a Box: How to Write and Draw Jokes. She created illustrations for the Broadway production “All In,” a comedy based on the short stories of Simon Rich. She was nominated for a WGA award for her work on “Command Z,” a web series directed by Steven Soderbergh. She is the founder and operator of St. Nell’s, a humor writing residency in Williamsport, PA.


    Current Courses

    Prose Literature Seminar
    NWRG 5500, Spring 2025

    Future Courses

    Reading and Practice Seminars
    NWRG 5500, Fall 2025

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