With her bestselling Stiff, Mary Roach wrote an intelligent,
understandable, and, most importantly, hilarious book about the art
and science of death. In her newest book, Bonk, Roach
discusses the art and science of fucking. She introduces the
reader to a penis surgeon who talks like Yoda, a meeting of
sex-machine aficionados, and the difficulties of scientifically
observing the cervix during heavy intercourse. It can be said, without
hyperbole, that she’s the world’s funniest science writer.
(Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave, 652-4255. 7:30 pm, $5.)