Michael Fontaine is professor of classics at Cornell University. His books include How to Drink: A Classical Guide to the Art of Imbibing (Princeton) and The Oxford Handbook of Greek and Roman Comedy.
Michael Fontaine's lively new translation of Cicero's ancient text on humor, How to Tell a Joke, amuses as well as instructs. ---Linda B. Glaser, Cornell Chronicle [How to Tell a Joke] will make you happier, it will make you better read, and, I'm pretty confident, it will make you laugh. ---Ben Potter, Classical Wisdom