Starr Goode

With her signature combination of precision and playfulness, Starr Goode traces the archetype of the wise fool through history, literature, and pop culture. Along the way, she rallies the "foolish" forces of joyfulness, wit, insight, and honesty, ultimately delivering a thought-provoking, original essay guaranteed to dazzle and delight.

JULIE MARS, the author of the novels Rust and Anybody Any Minute and the memoir A Month of Sundays.

I loved this delightful book. I knew when I started to read it that I would not be able to put it down for long. I would have to finish it as soon as possible. It contains so much joie de vivre, so much ecstasy, so much joy, and passion. I loved the end. It made me weep at the end. This book needs to be read by many. It's a deeply profound yet playful book...the perfect combination.

CRISTINA BIAGGI Ph.D., author of Habitations of the Goddess, The Rule of Mars, and Activism into Art into Activism into Art.

Reading Starr Goode's delight in Falstaff is like meeting him again and knowing him for the first time. Both Falstaff and Dino embody the Fool—the magical spirit of play.

LOLLIE RAGANA, author of "The Veiled Goddess" and "A Thimbleful of Sky" and professor at California State University, Los Angeles.