How Shakespeare Became an American Hero

Shakespeare gives us ways to talk about things and raises things that we can’t, to this day talk about. The vital radio show, On the Media interview with James Shapiro about his book Shakespeare in a Divided America: What His Plays Tell Us About Our Past and Future.

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