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In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word

In Praise of the Tangible Sacredness of the Printed Word

How Physical Copies of Shakespeare's First Folio Cemented the Bard's Legacy

By Ed Simon | November 13, 2023

Too Good To Be True: How Angels Continue to Inspire

Too Good To Be True: How Angels Continue to Inspire

Ed Simon Considers the Cultural Legacy of These Heavenly Archetypes

By Ed Simon | October 20, 2023

On Drinking, the Devil, and <em>Paradise Lost</em>

On Drinking, the Devil, and Paradise Lost

Ed Simon Searches for Milton's Grave While Getting Blackout Drunk in Pubs

By Ed Simon | August 15, 2023

Baroque, Purple, and Beautiful: In Praise of the Long, Complicated Sentence

Baroque, Purple, and Beautiful: In Praise of the Long, Complicated Sentence

Ed Simon Asks Us to Reconsider Our Definitions of Good Style

By Ed Simon | April 10, 2023

A History of Demonology is a History of the World

A History of Demonology is a History of the World

Ed Simon Offers a Demonic Poetics

By Ed Simon | February 23, 2022

To Write a History of Pittsburgh is to Write a History of America

To Write a History of Pittsburgh is to Write a History of America

Ed Simon on the Paris of Appalachia

By Ed Simon | April 8, 2021

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9 Murderous Tyrants Who Were Also Failed Writers (and One OK Poet)

By Ed Simon | June 21, 2017

11 Legendary Literary Hoaxes

By Ed Simon | October 19, 2016

10 Classics of Campaign Literature

By Ed Simon | July 18, 2016

Beyond Shakespeare: A Reading List

Beyond Shakespeare: A Reading List

Plenty to Read in One of the Greatest Literary Moments in History

By Ed Simon | April 25, 2016

What Was Shakespeare's Central Philosophy?

What Was Shakespeare's Central Philosophy?

Life, like theater, is fundamentally a fiction

By Ed Simon | April 25, 2016

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