…will contain the print version of an essay I wrote called “And Now, Deep Thoughts About ‘Deep Thoughts’ in which I write about Jack Handey, arguing “that the conversationality, concise humor, ludicrous situations and faux-sincere profundity of the ‘Deep Thoughts’ presage rhetorical turns that now appear often in contemporary poetry.”

It will be toward the back, in the “Riffs” column, if you prefer an analog reading experience. If you want to see the digital version, it just posted today and you can read it here. Thanks, New York Times!  And thanks, Jack Handey.