Death to the Death of Poetry

   By Donald Hall  Some days, when you read the newspaper, it seems clear that the United States is a country devoted to poetry. You can delude yourself reading the sports pages. After finding two references to “poetry in motion,” apropos of figure skating and the Kentucky Derby, you read that a shortstop is the poet … Continue reading Death to the Death of Poetry

Shakespeare, The Debate Continues …

It is a great comfort, to my way of thinking,” Charles Dickens wrote in 1847, “that so little is known concerning the poet. The life of Shakespeare is a fine mystery and I tremble every day lest something should turn up.” “Is it not strange,” wrote Ralph Waldo Emerson in his journals, “that the transcendent … Continue reading Shakespeare, The Debate Continues …

Marlowe vs. Shakespeare: Wrongful Death and Double Identity

holidaytoy4u: Marlowe versus Shakespeare: Wrongful Death and Double IdentityAn excerpt from the Amazon Kindle collection “Encounters with Authors”:* “Marlowe versus Shakespeare: Wrongful Death and Double Identity”- Murder, deceit, fraud, espionage - brace yourself for a cloak-and-dagger mystery unlike any… Marlowe vs. Shakespeare: Wrongful Death and Double Identity

Monkeys Are Rewriting Shakespeare …

William Shakespeare is often regarded as the world’s pre-eminent writer, but so what? Most of his complete works are so elementary, they could be written by monkeys. Don’t think so? Just ask Jesse Anderson. NEWS: Monkeys Invent New Fishing Technique Anderson, a software developer in Nevada, is up to some serious monkey business. He recently … Continue reading Monkeys Are Rewriting Shakespeare …

Was Marlowe Really Murdered?

The Murder of Christopher Marlowe… The Murder of Christopher Marlowe Was Marlowe Really Murdered?   For the past 50 years or so, a theory has been put forth that Christopher Marlowe was not murdered at all. The proposition is that his killing was faked, and that Marlowe escaped from inevitable prosecution as a heretic by … Continue reading Was Marlowe Really Murdered?