When Nuar Alsadir went to clown school, she wasn't there for a career in clowning. The poet and psychoanalyst was researching laughter for a new book –- going out to comedy clubs and improv shows to ...

Readers seeking the perfect introduction to Pulitzer Prize-winning writer Steven Millhauser (“Martin Dressler: The Tale of an American Dreamer”) need look no further. His latest book, “Dangerous ...

A PERFECT EDUCATION by Kenneth E. Eble. 215 pages. Macmillan. $5.95. Love, learning—and life—are what education is all about; yet somehow U.S. schools never quite get really involved in any of them.

This book examines laughter in the Shakespearean theater, in the context of a cultural history of early modern laughter. Aimed at an informed readership, as well as graduate students and scholars in ...

Readers may know Jha best from her "memoir and manifesto" masterpiece, "How to Raise a Feminist Son." I'm not a parent myself. But I know a fair number of mothers, particularly those with sons — do we ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...

I've been to two types of weddings: one full of tears and sentimental quotes and vows, and another full of laughter and tears — sprouted from said laughter. Weddings can definitely include both, and ...

At the age of thirty-one, living as a penniless exile in Berlin, Vladimir Nabokov composed, in Russian, a novel called "Camera Obscura," which he published serially in an émigré journal in 1930. Five ...

When it comes to getting married, make sure to include plenty of wedding readings that your family will love. Why? Well, weddings are a time for all the mushy, gushy, lovey-dovey stuff. But they’re ...

It was difficult to ignore the fact last night that Google was the official sponsor of the National Book Awards after-party, held at Cipriani’s Wall Street. “It’s our party,” one Googler said to a ...

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