Frank Gannon

Frank Gannon is a writer of humorous books and articles. He is a frequent contributor to the "Shouts and Murmurs" section of the "New Yorker". He has also written four books. Two are collections of humor pieces from magazines. One is a book about the Men's movement, and one is a book about Ireland. He often contributes to "The Funny Pages" section of the "New York Times Magazine". He wrote a book, "Yo Poe" (1987) which featured a piece about Sylvester Stallone's desire to make a movie about Edgar Allan Poe. The piece has since appeared in many anthologies. His editor at the "Times" was John Hodgman, a well known editor/writer/performer.