The satirist shoots to kill while the humorist brings his prey back alive and eventually releases him again for another chance.

The New Yorker 25 (50): 34–35. He supported himself with a number of different jobs including those of vending machine operator toffee-apple salesman radio actor in the 1930s and editor for Poetry magazine from 1938 to 1944.   Humorous piece about jazz snobs.

Peter De Vries (February 27 1910 – September 28 1993) was an American editor and novelist known for his satiric wit.