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Dancing! Feasting! Costuming! Masking! Barbara Ehrenreich, author of the bestselling Nickled and Dimed, turns her keen eye on the topic of group exuberance, in her forthcoming book Dancing in the Streets: A History of Collective Joy (Holt; January 10). Ehrenreich argues that Mardi Gras-type behavior is vital to human behavior, and that Americans just don't do it enough, even on Christmas and New Year's. TIME's Andrea Sachs spoke (exuberantly) with Ehrenreich...
...also instrumental in promoting the DVD, touting it in e-mails to millions of their followers. "The film delivers a timely message in a way that's accessible, whether or not you've ever explored this direction before," says Hale Dwoskin, one of the two dozen featured teachers. Dwoskin, author of the personal growth guide The Sedona Method, believes "the world is hurting and in turmoil. The distance between that trouble and our everyday lives has dissipated due to the widespread availability of cable news and the Internet. People are ready to find a way out beyond the normal paradigms...
Welsh travel writer Morris has described nearly every interesting place on the planet. Unique among them is Hav, the Levantine city-state she put on the map two decades ago with her first novel Last Letters from Hav - and which exists only in her mind. The author's word-portraits of Hav's picturesque streets and quaint customs made the place indelible in the annals of travel. Sadly, it was largely destroyed by foreign invaders in 1985 and rebuilt as an efficient, soulless resort destination. Morris' latest, perhaps most insightful book yet, titled simply Hav, helpfully reprints the entire...
...their bloated, inept Ruler is more concerned with building a tower to heaven. Hopeless, the people turn to a wizard who cures their emotional ills using a mirror and advice so good it seems like magic. For the fictional Aburiria, think Africa. In Wizard of the Crow, Kenyan author Ngugi draws a folkloric tale out of the continent crippled by inequality, corruption and aids. But he sees the funny side, too. Wizard of the Crow is an epic farce, poking fun at Aburiria's idiotocracy as misunderstandings and mistaken identities throw its characters into one ridiculous adventure after another...
...magazine now appears to be placing much of its hopes for a revival on the shoulders of campus sex blogger Lena Chen ’09. Djuric said he met with Chen—the author of SexAndTheIvy.com—to discuss a potential book deal in conjunction with the magazine...