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Join author Gregory Hoffman in this hilarious recounting of a chance encounter with Santa Claus at his place up north during a blinding snowstorm. Santa, having just returned home from his annual trip, is wiped-out and reeling. He seizes the opportunity to share his frustrations with his accidental visitor. While delivering presents to homes around the world, Santa is confronted by angry watch-dogs, shot at, beaten by non-believers, and pursued by a portly widow, among the many other stressful challenges After waiting out the storm, and lending an ear to Santa's venting, Hoffman must be on...

Sam's whole life is nothing but misery. He gets relief from his overwhelming emotional pain, only by walking through the Manhattan streets. The unhappy teen is plunged into a state of ecstasy when hiding amongst the pedestrians that crowd the city's busy sidewalks. Sam wants nothing more than to make his mother happy, but he just can't seem to conquer his own demons of self-doubt. He plans to make one last journey to the Twin Towers. He wants to stand right by the corner of Tower Number One, look straight up the one hundred and eight floors towards the sky, and then run away forever. But, Sam...

These thirteen essays combine classical scholars' interest in theatrical production with a growing interdisciplinary inquiry into the urban contexts of literary production. Taking as their departure point the annual comic competitions at the Athenian dramatic festivals, the contributors examine how the polis--as a place, a political entity, a specific social organization, and a set of ideological representations--was enacted on stage from the middle of the fifth century B.C. through the fourth.

Applying a variety of critical approaches to Athenian comedy, these essays are grouped...