shakespeare in fiction and fact: grace tiffany

October 25th is St. Crispin's Day, a holiday which the English remember chiefly because it's the anniversary of King Henry V's...

I frequently teach Shakespeare's The Taming of the Shrew , a play which remains amazingly popular despite its apparently outdated prea...

I recently read a mediocre thriller by Dave Eggers called The Circle. It's not a good book, but the premise is timely and intriguing. ...

To counter the barrage of absurd Tweets coming from various players on the U.S. scene, here are some eloquent and appropriate ones for cu...

About twenty years ago I wrote a book about Shakespeare and his biggest theatrical rival, a (mostly) comic playwright named Ben Jonson, se...

A friend who works in Washington tells me the only way people can understand current political craziness is to read Shakespeare. I know...

In Kalamazoo, Michigan, where I live, various churches and charities have been busy helping about 30 newly arrived Syrian families who...