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The Masculine Urge to Surpass Shakespeare

The Masculine Urge to Surpass Shakespeare

How can you tell a better story than someone who wrote the story you tell about yourself?

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Jan 21, 2024
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DALL-E generated image of a hall of mirrors with shakespeare somehow in every mirror. Close enough!

The hard part of interpreting Shakespeare is that Shakespeare is interpreting me. Every time I think about his plays I think about myself a little bit differently. I can’t think about Shakespeare from some place that didn’t exist before him and still exis…

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