Skip to footer

Aziz Ansari: 'Parks and Rec' star will release a book

Aziz Ansari, one of the costars of NBC's successful sitcom, 'Parks and Recreation' will publish a book on modern courtship in September 2015. 'Parks and Rec' begins its sixth season this fall.

|
Matt Sayles/AP/File
Aziz Ansari arrives at the 16th annual GQ "Men of the Year" party in Los Angeles in November 2011. Penguin Press said Thursday, it's acquired the actor-comedian's first book.
  • By Associated Press

| Los Angeles

A publisher says it's acquired actor-comedian Aziz Ansari's first book.

The Penguin Press said Thursday that the untitled book by the "Parks and Recreation" star will focus on how technology has changed the lives of singles.

In a statement, Ansari he hopes the book will offer an interesting perspective on modern courtship. Penguin Press said Ansari will interview experts and conduct original research on the subject.

Ansari's book is tentatively scheduled to be published in September 2015. The announcement comes as NBC's "Parks and Rec" prepares to enter it's sixth season, one that promises shake ups amongst the cast.

Rob Lowe and Rashida Jones will leave the series after the 13th episode of the upcoming sixth season.

They play characters Chris Traeger and Ann Perkins, who have dated on and off and have decided to try to have a baby together.

"Parks and Recreation" also stars Amy Poehler, Nick Offerman, and Aubrey Plaza as employees working in local government in Indiana.

Jones has been on the series since its first episode. Lowe joined the show in season two.

You've read  of  free articles. Subscribe to continue.
Real news can be honest, hopeful, credible, constructive.
What is the Monitor difference? Tackling the tough headlines – with humanity. Listening to sources – with respect. Seeing the story that others are missing by reporting what so often gets overlooked: the values that connect us. That’s Monitor reporting – news that changes how you see the world.
editor@csmonitor.com
Subscribe
Mark Sappenfield
Editor

Dear Reader,

About a year ago, I happened upon this statement about the Monitor in the Harvard Business Review – under the charming heading of “do things that don’t interest you”:

“Many things that end up” being meaningful, writes social scientist Joseph Grenny, “have come from conference workshops, articles, or online videos that began as a chore and ended with an insight. My work in Kenya, for example, was heavily influenced by a Christian Science Monitor article I had forced myself to read 10 years earlier. Sometimes, we call things ‘boring’ simply because they lie outside the box we are currently in.”

If you were to come up with a punchline to a joke about the Monitor, that would probably be it. We’re seen as being global, fair, insightful, and perhaps a bit too earnest. We’re the bran muffin of journalism.

But you know what? We change lives. And I’m going to argue that we change lives precisely because we force open that too-small box that most human beings think they live in.

The Monitor is a peculiar little publication that’s hard for the world to figure out. We’re run by a church, but we’re not only for church members and we’re not about converting people. We’re known as being fair even as the world becomes as polarized as at any time since the newspaper’s founding in 1908.

We have a mission beyond circulation, we want to bridge divides. We’re about kicking down the door of thought everywhere and saying, “You are bigger and more capable than you realize. And we can prove it.”

If you’re looking for bran muffin journalism, you can subscribe to the Monitor for $15. You’ll get the Monitor Weekly magazine, the Monitor Daily email, and unlimited access to CSMonitor.com.

Subscribe to insightful journalism

QR Code to Aziz Ansari: 'Parks and Rec' star will release a book
Read this article in
https://www.csmonitor.com/The-Culture/Latest-News-Wires/2013/0824/Aziz-Ansari-Parks-and-Rec-star-will-release-a-book
QR Code to Subscription page
Start your subscription today
https://www.csmonitor.com/subscribe