Yes And: Essays in the Age of Improv
Randy FertelMusings on improvisation and its application across the arts, culture, science, history, and politics from Randy Fertel, author of Winging It: Improv's Power and Peril in the Time of Trump.
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Friends,
I’m happy to announce that the third book in my improv trilogy is under contract with LSU Press: The Age of Improv: How Improvisation Shaped Global Popular Culture. It’s currently undergoing a vigorous review and editing process....
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Ex-Romanticist, obsessed with improvisation, dabbler in the history of science, founder of Ridenhour Prizes for Courageous Truth-telling (Ridenhour.org), author of Winging It: Improv’s Power and Peril in the Time of Trump.
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