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Poetry

Ophelia’s Ventriloquy by John Jack Jackie (Edward) Cooper

What had she wanted, unknowable—within those lips, be heard, could have occurredshe did even know? Such power, possessed,dispossesses had she wit, the words, words, words,pure spontaneity of ignorancespoken at last out loud, to say if not whothen that vitality unspecified,entire life pursued, continually deceived,egregiously misled, disappointed—although promised, never on Earth fulfilled. This agony curtailed, herself set freefrom assumption, false alternative buried:like Ophelia, submerged beneath the … Continue reading Ophelia’s Ventriloquy by John Jack Jackie (Edward) Cooper

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Essay

Has Taylor Swift Actually Read Hamlet? And, If So, Did She Understand It?, Or: The Fate of Ophelia Wasn’t to Be Commodified by a Pop Star (At Least Not Like This)

There’s nothing worse than demeaning a woman with regard to her “comprehension” of something. As if women don’t get enough grief/aren’t already questioned constantly whenever they say anything that a man (or fellow woman) can pounce on as being “wrong.” Just look at the clip of Kurt Loder correcting Jewel about the meaning of “casualty” in her A Night Without Armor poetry book. Or having … Continue reading Has Taylor Swift Actually Read Hamlet? And, If So, Did She Understand It?, Or: The Fate of Ophelia Wasn’t to Be Commodified by a Pop Star (At Least Not Like This)

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Criticism

Is It Possible to Have a Love Like The Kind Depicted in Shakespeare’s Plays?

With the death (and supposed birth) anniversary of William Shakespeare upon us, the usual reflection on the beloved bard’s breadth of work comes into “play.” While seemingly every aspect of his work has been scrutinized, the one element people seem to always take at face value is the all-consuming type of love between his characters. Whether this is because the so-called two-dimensionality of the love … Continue reading Is It Possible to Have a Love Like The Kind Depicted in Shakespeare’s Plays?

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