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  • 'Hovv Yov Ovght to Hold Your Penne'

    Writing advice -- including "how to sit" -- from 1611

    Megan GarberMay 30, 2013
  • On the Acting of Iago
    Richard Grant WhiteAugust 1881 Issue
  • Time in Shakespeare's Plays
    Henry A. ClappApril 1885 Issue
  • The Conversation

    Readers respond to “The Trouble With Dentistry” and more.

    July 2019 Issue
  • Men and Letters
    William Dean Howells, W. P. Trent, and John BurroughsOctober 1896 Issue
  • The Revival of the Poetic Drama
    Brander MatthewsFebruary 1908 Issue
  • A Reading List of One's Own: 10 Essential Feminist Books
    Emily TempleFebruary 20, 2013
  • Reconstructing Aphra
    Phoebe-Lou AdamsSeptember 1980 Issue
  • Midsummer Night in Midwinter
    Austin BaerDecember 1992 Issue
  • Better Than the Best
    December 1904 Issue
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