Something Wonderful Right Away
Jeffrey Sweet
Limelight Editions - 20 USD
This is not a book on how to play Improv; it describes, in a series of interviews, the history of Chicago`s Second City, the theatre where Improv in the US more or less started. Although it won`t teach you much about Improv, the book is still an interesting read.
For several reasons: it is kind of amusing to hear about famous people`s less eh - interesting character features, and it`s also instructive to read how people discovered basic rules of Improv (like Accepting ) by trial and error.
The book is not exactly recent (although it is still available) but hey, you gotta know your history!
Do not look back in anger, or forward in fear, but around in awareness --- James Thruber