BALDWIN: "WHY I STOPPED HATING SHAKESPEARE"

Today (August 2) is James Baldwin's birthday.
He once wrote an essay called "Why I Stopped Hating Shakespeare": "found in The Cross of Redemption: Uncollected Writings (public library)," in which he describes how certain lines in Julius Caesar became his point of access for a more sympathetic reading of Shakespeare.
Here is Maria Popova at Brain Pickings, doing what she does best, and sending such gems our way:
https://www.brainpickings.org/2016/11/11/james-baldwin-shakespeare-language-poetry/

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[Originally posted around the week of 8/2/18
on LinkedIn]
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Links to a description of my book project:
On LinkedIn: https://lnkd.in/eJGBtqV
On this blog: https://pauladrianfried.blogspot.com/2017/05/hamlets-bible-my-book-project-im.html
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