Shakespeare is Dead: Six Hot Takes

Shakespeare is Dead: Six Hot Takes

Is it Cool to Remix The Plays? Was Hamlet a Sexless Bro? You'll Never Guess What Happens Next...

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Shakespeare and His Stuff

Shakespeare and His Stuff

Understanding the Artist Through His Things

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Remembering the Poets Who Fought For Irish Independence

Remembering the Poets Who Fought For Irish Independence

The 1916 Easter Rising Through Verse

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On the Literature of Cyborgs, Robots, and Other Automata

On the Literature of Cyborgs, Robots, and Other Automata

From Mechanical Ducks to Mythic Metal Giants

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How I Write History: Or, A Window Into My Crazy

How I Write History: Or, A Window Into My Crazy

Neal Bascomb on Quilt-Making, Research, and Structuring Historical Narrative

By Neal Bascomb | April 19, 2016

In Search of the Darkest Cult in American History

In Search of the Darkest Cult in American History

Laura Elizabeth Woollett on Jim Jones and the Peoples Temple

By Laura Elizabeth Woollett | April 15, 2016

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Donald Trump's Sentimental Journey to the Top

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Celebrating 75 Years of Paper Dolls

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A Life in Letters: From the New Republic to Iowa to Knopf...

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97-Year-Old Doris Grumbach Looks Back on a Literary Life

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