{"id":22007,"date":"2014-08-15T02:12:50","date_gmt":"2014-08-14T18:12:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=22007"},"modified":"2025-01-14T05:54:13","modified_gmt":"2025-01-14T10:54:13","slug":"david-letterman-gets-literary-humour-prize-nomination-for-satirical-picture-book","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/08\/15\/david-letterman-gets-literary-humour-prize-nomination-for-satirical-picture-book\/","title":{"rendered":"David Letterman gets literary humour prize nomination for satirical picture book"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_22086\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22086\" style=\"width: 482px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/David-Letterman.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-22086\" src=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/David-Letterman.jpg\" alt=\"Late night show legend David Letterman (Photo courtesy of the Late Show on Facebook)\" width=\"482\" height=\"374\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/David-Letterman.jpg 482w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/08\/David-Letterman-300x232.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 482px) 100vw, 482px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22086\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Late night show legend David Letterman (Photo courtesy of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/Letterman\/timeline\">Late Show on Facebook<\/a>)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>NEW YORK &#8212; David Letterman, maybe your next career should be as an author.<\/p>\n<p>The CBS &#8220;Late Show&#8221; host, scheduled to step down in 2015, is a finalist for this year&#8217;s Thurber Prize for American Humor. 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