I Fagioliini are the winners of the Royal Philharmonic Society Ensemble Award, 2006. I Fagiolini is acknowledged worldwide as the most innovative British vocal ensemble specialising in early music. Their stylish staged productions of Renaissance and Baroque music-theatre works together with virtuo

Fantastic, Feminine, Funny, Glamour, Layered, Medieval (476-1350), Medieval era, Playful, Renaissance (1350-1650), Renaissance era, Smart, Sublime

Sloane Crosley is a graduate of Connecticut College, where she earned a degree in Creative Writing. Sloane's 2008 book "I Was Told There'd Be Cake," is a hilarious collection of essays on her post-graduate life in New York City. Aside from being a fantastically witty writer, Sloane is also very n

Essays, Funny

Mika Rottenberg is a sculptor and video arts who builds large, complex sets inhabited by women performing illogical, assembly line tasks. In "Dough", for example, a woman in a tiny room smells flowers to induce hay fever. Her tears run down her legs and through a tiny hole in the floor, where other w

Absurd, Architectural, Feminist, Funny, Grotesque, Kinetic, Physical force, Repetitive

I say: David Sedaris is at the forefront of the narrative non-fiction (with sprinkles of fiction, here and there) humor movement of the 21st century. HIs style and voice are straightforward and untouchably funny. And while many audio books fall far below their hardcopy predecessors, David Sedaris

Essays, Funny, Sardonic