Hamlet 202: Interred With Their Bones

In our second ever 202 episode (reserved for a Shakespeare adaptation or adjacent work), we take you through the suspenseful and sometimes bemusing and frustrating plot of Jennifer Lee Carrell’s mystery thriller Interred With Their Bones. We give you a plot and character synopsis as well as all the Shakespearean easter eggs you can handle, with just a sprinkle of “authorship question” (because the book forced us to) and some early modern true crime to boot. Looking for a fun read for your holiday break? Read this book (and listen to our episode before you do)!

Here’s what we featured in our Happy Hour segment:

• Olivia Dade’s Spoiler Alert and All The Feels

Here’s what we featured in our ShakesBubble Gossip segments:

• ACMRS first and second book fellowships

• ACMRS poetics symposium

• Guardian article about a forthcoming book by Molly Yarn from Cambridge Press about history of Shakespearean “lady editors” 

• Scholar Haley Bachrach making headlines!

Othello 202: American Moor

This is our inaugural 202-style episode, reserved for plays adjacent to or adapted from one of Shakespeare’s, and what better play to start with than Keith Hamilton Cobb’s American Moor! Since it is a “new” play (i.e. one we’ve never discussed before in depth on the pod), we give you some key 101-style features like a dramatis personae, a brief summary, and a taste of text; however, we also assume you’re already familiar with Othello (a source text for Moor) and launch into a deeper discussion of the play the way we would for a standard 201-style episode. Ergo, a “202.” We hope exploring American Moor enhances your understanding of Othello and vice versa. Go add it to your bookshelves now!

Here’s what we recommended in this week’s Happy Hour feature:

• The incandescent Nandi Bushell, drumming wonder-child

• The Ally Nudge with Akilah Cadet

Here’s what we featured in our ShakesBubble Gossip segments:

• This NPR story about the Romeo and Juliet we all misremember

• These 2 reviews about us in the latest Borrowers and Lenders!

• Also, for more on American Moor, visit its website!