Shake your speare over here

Me: so who knows the story of Julius Caesar?

Student: he got.. a bit stabbed?

Sooo hey. I finally did something with my Shakespeare MA...

The Woman's Part is a collection of original prose and erasure poetry inspired by Shakespeare's women — their unlived lives, unspoken desires, and unwritten stories — using speeches and characters from thirteen plays.

It's been described as:

"A small piece of genius [showing] not only a profound understanding of Shakespeare, but of humankind in general." — Cathy Ulrich, author of Ghosts of You

and

"[The Woman's Part] has reimagined Ophelia and Juliet and more into striking freedom through speaking up, sailing away, and eating hearts." — Gwen Kirby, author of Shit Cassandra Saw

and

"To read it is to join the rebellion. An affecting and finely-crafted masterpiece which invites us to unlearn our deepest Bard-based archetypes. Stunning, incisive and fearless writing from one of the most exciting new voices on the literary scene." — Dr Chris Laoutaris, The Shakespeare Institute

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I put my heart, my rage, and all my obsession with Shakespeare into this, and I would love for you to read it.

A. Ham:

one hip always tells the truth

Not only was it a brilliant bit of imagery, it also means he remembers me speed reading the entire play to him and his brother while they were in the bath and I was frantically revising for an exam SEVERAL YEARS AGO.