Shakespeare

In Praise Of BIG Books

04.24.2012 Books and Literature

Ah, a big, meaty book. Reading a really great, long book is like having a deep and fascinating conversation. It’s an opportunity to see the world with new eyes and really spend some quality time in another’s presence. Give me a big book, four hundred, five hundred, a thousand pages! A good book by a [...]

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Forget About The Words. Work On The Bones

11.07.2011 Art

Playwrighting is a very specific and odd type of writing. But the practices and skills of the playwright have deep application for many other forms of writing. Plays aren’t typically meant to be read. They’re meant to be performed. It use to drive me nuts (OK, it still does) when I heard someone talk about [...]

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