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Yes And: Essays in the Age of Improv

Randy Fertel

Musings 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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    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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