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Incredibly detailed close reading of the 1968 movie 2001: A Space Odyssey. I stopped reading it halfway through because I…

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Copy editors are to the world of publishing what the stage manager is to the world of theater. I love…

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I'm preparing to teach Shakespeare again this fall. Seton Hill offers the course every other year, so each time it comes around,…

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An excerpt from a poem that explores humanity's relationship with machinery in this post-industrial age. Tell the machines we honor…

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Everybody Dies (Shakespearean Tragedy Infographic)

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