A joke that occurs in dangerously close proximity to horrors can sometimes seem tasteless or insensitive, but gallows humor has a powerful ability to leaven, ameliorate and help process the intensity of emotion that surrounds the horror. Lorrie Moore's Story "Terrific Mother" (
Gallows Humor
Gallows Humor
Gallows Humor
A joke that occurs in dangerously close proximity to horrors can sometimes seem tasteless or insensitive, but gallows humor has a powerful ability to leaven, ameliorate and help process the intensity of emotion that surrounds the horror. Lorrie Moore's Story "Terrific Mother" (