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Monday, December 1, 2014

A Rambling Discourse on Shakespeare and the Tower of London

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Last month was red poppy season, with countries on both sides of the Atlantic "celebrating" the centennial anniversary of the st...
Saturday, November 1, 2014

Creepy Poe and Creepy Shakespeare

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This is a creepy time of year, what with Halloween and the Day of the Dead and Guy Fawkes Day, and even All Saints Day, which can seem ...
Wednesday, October 1, 2014

Best Names for Bands, Courtesy of the Bard

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Each year I hold a competition for the students in my Shakespeare seminar. I give a fabulous prize (usually a pack of Hamlet chewing gum;...
Monday, September 1, 2014

How Not To Write Historical Fiction, Revisited

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 So much historical fiction has been written since I last wrote about how not to write historical fiction that it's time to write more...
Saturday, August 2, 2014

Trigger Warnings for a Tragic Syllabus

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USA Today 4/6/12:  “ This branch of the University of California's student government unanimously passed a resolution in support of ...
Tuesday, July 1, 2014

Grief, Madness, Repetition

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"Horror! Horror! Horror!"               "Words, words, words."     "Kill, kill, kill, kill, kill, kill!" ...
Sunday, June 1, 2014

Edward Gero, Stacy Keach, and Rolling Thunder in DC

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Friday afternoon at rush hour on Memorial Day weekend I thought it would be smart to head for the Beltway alongside 70,000 bikers bound fo...
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