The Great White Bard: How to Love Shakespeare While Talking About Race by Farah Karim-Cooper Book Review
This is a thoughtful and thorough exploration of how race appears and is made in Shakespeare’s works. With absolute love for Shakespeare, Karim-Cooper focuses on what his writing says, how he says it, what it might mean, and how with better understanding we can continue to adore and enjoy his plays now and in the future.
Shakespeare’s Book: The Intertwined Lives Behind the First Folio by Chris Laoutaris Book Review
Laoutaris succeeds finding the entwined lives behind the First Folio. In short: there’s more to this book than just a book!
Hagseed by Margaret Atwood Book Review
A theatrical retelling of Shakespeare’s Tempest, Hagseed will rip through you with ferocity, grief and love. This incredible tour-de-force had me laughing and crying, sometimes at the same time.
On Wilder Seas by Nikki Marmery Book Review
On Wilder Seas imagines the life of ‘Maria’, an enslaved Guinean trying to forge a life for herself within the context of the early modern Age of Discovery.
