<a href="http://aaas.fas.harvard.edu/people/glenda-r-carpio">Glenda Carpio</a>, an associate professor of African and African-American studies and English at Harvard University, is the author of <a href="http://global.oup.com/academic/product/laughing-fit-to-kill-9780195304701;jsessionid=EE678E94C98A4F17879D63EDD18B11BE?cc=us&lang=en&">“Laughing Fit to Kill: Black Humor in the Fictions of Slavery.”</a>
