Novelist, musician, emeritus professor of English literature.
Portsmouth, NH, & New York, NY
Joined January 2013
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Bertrand Russell on how fascist movements develop: "under an energetic leader, ... fascinate fools and muzzle the intelligent, by emotional excitement on the one hand and terrorism on the other."
Even if we weren't approaching its 250th anniversary, there's never been a better time to read the Declaration and to read about it.
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If you could sit next to any Shakespeare character at a dinner party, who would it be? We asked 11 experts for their picks, and the result is a table of raconteurs, rebels, and rascals.
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I highly recommend @dgjones's Powers and Thrones to anyone looking for a broad and entertaining history of the Middle Ages. #BookRecommendation #medieval #history #AmReading
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Today is #InternationalDayOfHappiness! No matter what difficulties life may throw at us, solace can always be found in the words of Shakespeare. Retweet and let us know which moment of happiness in Shakespeare is your favourite!
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Here's why I think the happiest scene in #Shakespeare is the conclusion of #TheWintersTale: shakespeareflix.net/2022/03/….
#blog #post for @UN #InternationalDayOfHappiness (#March20) & @bellshakespeare
Here's why I think the most romantic moment in #Shakespeare is Viola's declaration of love at the end of #TwelfthNight: shakespeareflix.net/2022/02/…
I can't think of anything that conveys the joy of sailing as well as passages in @BernardCornwell's Pagan Lord. #amreading #TheLastKingdom
I enjoyed @KMFollett's depiction of the 16th- and 17th-centuries in Column of Fire, so I decided to try his novel of the early middle ages, Evening and the Morning. That was so entertaining that I reread Pillars of the Earth, read World Without End, and am now rereading Column!
I don't think I'm alone in wishing that @vintagebooks published a new edition of Walter Tevis's riveting #TheQueensGambit with an appendix that included the games with diagrams and modern notation. #amreading #chess
Mine was #Disney's 1959 Shaggy Dog: shakespeareflix.net/2020/10/….
What was the first horror movie that scared you?
Mine? Creature From the Black Lagoon. He came out of the water & you saw it from his point of view. He's walking into the tent, the kid looks up & he takes his face off. I jumped out of my skin. I was 7.
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Here's why I chose Act Two, Scene Two of #Macbeth as my candidate for the "the scariest moment in #Shakespeare": shakespeareflix.net/2020/10/…. @BellShakespeare #Bardophiles
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Death by stabbing, poisoning, drowning in a barrel of wine... what are the most spine-tingling scenes in Shakespeare? This week, we count down the 10 Scariest Moments in Shakespeare. See what Pat Reid, editor of @UKShakespeare and @ShakespeareFlix pick!
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I just finished @holland_tom's _Dynasty_ and am suffering withdrawal, wishing that he had another book continuing the story on through the Flavians and Nerva–Antonines. #amreading #RomanHistory
I just finished @holland_tom's _Dynasty_ and am suffering withdrawal, wishing that he had another book continuing the story on through the Flavians and Nerva–Antonines. #amreading #RomanHistory
_Fantasyland_, @KBAndersen's history of magical thinking in the United States provides excellent context for the fine mess we're in. Highly recommended. #amreading
Here in the Chico, California, the ground is once again covered in ash, and the air is poisonous. Knowing that tonight I can immerse myself in the Book 2 of @LordGrimdark's _Age of Madness_ trilogy is the only thing getting me through.
In _The #Vikings: A History_, Robert Ferguson uses sagas and other literary sources, runestones, and archaeology to tell a compelling, complex story. Highly recommended for anyone interested in the early Middle Ages. #AmReading.
I can't imagine a more relevant book of #Shakespeare scholarship than Stephen Greenblatt's Tyrant. Don't miss this one, #Bardophiles. #BookRecommendation, #AmReading.
In his terrific Red Rising series, @Pierce_Brown puts the epic in space epic. His war across the solar system keeps reminding me of Milton's war in heaven. #BookRecommendation, #AmReading.
