This past Sunday, Stephen Greenblatt and I discussed Hamnet at the West Newton Cinema following a screening of the film. Sold-out event! Lovely introduction by Nick Petrulakis of Newtonville Books. Stephen and I talked about grief, purgatory, and that controversial ending. (No spoilers here.) Plus Green World and Greenblatt’s latest, Dark Renaissance, book signings afterwards!
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As if a new Taylor Swift album isn’t thrilling enough, The Life of a Showgirl adds yet another Shakespearean female character to the T-Swift oeuvre with the song “The Fate of Ophelia” (joining Juliet from “Love Story”). Full disclosure: I’m obsessed with Shakespeare in popular culture, and I hope that this blog will be your…
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