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How Loaded Can One Word Be? "Such" and The Tempest

How Loaded Can One Word Be? "Such" and The Tempest

Varieties of Villainy in Titus Andronicus

Varieties of Villainy in Titus Andronicus

Ridin' the Storm Out: Shaketember 2024 Announcement

Ridin' the Storm Out: Shaketember 2024 Announcement

A Book So Special, I Had to Make a Friday Reads to Share It

A Book So Special, I Had to Make a Friday Reads to Share It

March of the Mammoths RETURNS!

March of the Mammoths RETURNS!

The Syllables of Seduction in Richard III’s Opening Monologue

The Syllables of Seduction in Richard III’s Opening Monologue

The Nature of Love in Shakespeare’s Dark Comedy, Romeo and Juliet

The Nature of Love in Shakespeare’s Dark Comedy, Romeo and Juliet

The Shakespeare Journey Tag (original)

The Shakespeare Journey Tag (original)

Shaketember 2023 Announcement

Shaketember 2023 Announcement

A Ramble with the Yarn: Health Update, Recent Reads, Book Depository and Criterion Haul

A Ramble with the Yarn: Health Update, Recent Reads, Book Depository and Criterion Haul

March of the MAMMOTHS: 2023 Announcement

March of the MAMMOTHS: 2023 Announcement

A Ramble with the Yarn: Blonde, The Rings of Power, Mobthink and Cultural Collapse

A Ramble with the Yarn: Blonde, The Rings of Power, Mobthink and Cultural Collapse

Coriolanus: A Tale of Two Articles

Coriolanus: A Tale of Two Articles

Fate and Agency in All’s Well That Ends Well

Fate and Agency in All’s Well That Ends Well

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 40-31

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 40-31

Shaketember 2022 Announcement + three bonus beauties

Shaketember 2022 Announcement + three bonus beauties

The A24 Movie Tag

The A24 Movie Tag

Maybe Midrash: 2022 Announcement

Maybe Midrash: 2022 Announcement

First Library Sale in Two-and-a-Half Years

First Library Sale in Two-and-a-Half Years

Mammoths, Nuclear War, a Small Book Haul...and a Little Crocheting

Mammoths, Nuclear War, a Small Book Haul...and a Little Crocheting

March of the Mammoths RETURNS!

March of the Mammoths RETURNS!

A January Book and Blu-Ray Haul

A January Book and Blu-Ray Haul

Mammoth ✔️: Final Impressions of Red Comet

Mammoth ✔️: Final Impressions of Red Comet

The Best 21st Century Films I've Seen: 50-41

The Best 21st Century Films I've Seen: 50-41

Oscar and Lucinda: Mythmaking (Chapters 80-111)

Oscar and Lucinda: Mythmaking (Chapters 80-111)

Oscar and Lucinda: Embracing Contradiction (Chapters 58-79)

Oscar and Lucinda: Embracing Contradiction (Chapters 58-79)

Oscar and Lucinda: Characterization (Chapters 33-57)

Oscar and Lucinda: Characterization (Chapters 33-57)

Oscar and Lucinda: Language as Play (Chapters 1-32)

Oscar and Lucinda: Language as Play (Chapters 1-32)

Oscar and Lucinda: Readalong Announcement

Oscar and Lucinda: Readalong Announcement

Shaketember 2021: Motives, Malignancy and More in Othello

Shaketember 2021: Motives, Malignancy and More in Othello

The Event Formerly Known as Shaketube Returns: Shaketember 2021!

The Event Formerly Known as Shaketube Returns: Shaketember 2021!

Page and Screen: Stalker (sans Roadside Picnic)

Page and Screen: Stalker (sans Roadside Picnic)

The Books and Life Tag

The Books and Life Tag

A Rambling Response: The Function of Poetry

A Rambling Response: The Function of Poetry

Maybe Midrash: Rachel Held Evans and Recalibrating One’s Relationship to Scripture

Maybe Midrash: Rachel Held Evans and Recalibrating One’s Relationship to Scripture

Taxes! Taxes! Aha! Aha! -- or, a Belated Book Haul

Taxes! Taxes! Aha! Aha! -- or, a Belated Book Haul

Page and Screen: Rebecca

Page and Screen: Rebecca

The Best 21st Century Films I've Seen: 60-51

The Best 21st Century Films I've Seen: 60-51

Maybe Midrash: TBR and Reflections

Maybe Midrash: TBR and Reflections

Maybe Midrash 2021 Announcement

Maybe Midrash 2021 Announcement

A Ramble with the Yarn: Red Comet pages 100-250 + Three Films and the Perils of Deep Snow

A Ramble with the Yarn: Red Comet pages 100-250 + Three Films and the Perils of Deep Snow

The Reason for No Ramble Tonight: Snowmageddon

The Reason for No Ramble Tonight: Snowmageddon

A Ramble without the Yarn: 100 Pages of Red Comet + Two Films from Chloé Zhao

A Ramble without the Yarn: 100 Pages of Red Comet + Two Films from Chloé Zhao

Stirring the Seuss Pot: Thoughts on Cultural Erasure

Stirring the Seuss Pot: Thoughts on Cultural Erasure

March of the Mammoths 2021...Begins Now!

March of the Mammoths 2021...Begins Now!

A Ramble with the Yarn: 2021 Reading Roadmap, Telling Stories in Reverse and Will Ferrell

A Ramble with the Yarn: 2021 Reading Roadmap, Telling Stories in Reverse and Will Ferrell

The A to J Tag

The A to J Tag

A Ramble with the Yarn: Shout-Outs, Romantic Scenes in Literature and...Viscera

A Ramble with the Yarn: Shout-Outs, Romantic Scenes in Literature and...Viscera

March of the Mammoths is BACK!

March of the Mammoths is BACK!

A Ramble with the Yarn: Hateful Comments, More on Mrs. Dalloway and 22 July

A Ramble with the Yarn: Hateful Comments, More on Mrs. Dalloway and 22 July

The Booktube Backstage Tag: Ramble with the Yarn Edition

The Booktube Backstage Tag: Ramble with the Yarn Edition

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 70-61

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 70-61

A Ramble with the Yarn: Woolf, Aliens and Nightmares

A Ramble with the Yarn: Woolf, Aliens and Nightmares

A Ramble with the Yarn: Roth, Woolf and The Secret Garden

A Ramble with the Yarn: Roth, Woolf and The Secret Garden

Page and Screen: The Best Intentions

Page and Screen: The Best Intentions

A Ramble with the Yarn: Shoutouts and 2020 in Review

A Ramble with the Yarn: Shoutouts and 2020 in Review

A Christmas Reading...with a Cat!

A Christmas Reading...with a Cat!

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 80-71

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 80-71

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 90-81

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 90-81

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 100-91

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: 100-91

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: Introduction

The Best 21st Century Films I’ve Seen: Introduction

The Wear a Mask Tag

The Wear a Mask Tag

Shaketube 2020: Three Moderators and One Danish Prince

Shaketube 2020: Three Moderators and One Danish Prince

Shaketube 2020: Third Time a Charm with Macbeth?

Shaketube 2020: Third Time a Charm with Macbeth?

Shaketube 2020: Thoughts on Innog...er, Cymbeline

Shaketube 2020: Thoughts on Innog...er, Cymbeline

Shaketube 2020: Fun with Euphemisms in Much Ado About Nothing

Shaketube 2020: Fun with Euphemisms in Much Ado About Nothing

A Close Look at My Favorite Sentence of All-Time

A Close Look at My Favorite Sentence of All-Time

Shaketube 2020 Announcement: Quarantine Edition!

Shaketube 2020 Announcement: Quarantine Edition!

Friday Reads: Mantel, Kehlmann, Kaufman

Friday Reads: Mantel, Kehlmann, Kaufman

A Small Summer 2020 Criterion Collection Haul

A Small Summer 2020 Criterion Collection Haul

A Ramble with the Yarn: June 2020

A Ramble with the Yarn: June 2020

Maybe Midrash: A Conversation with Haven Kimmel

Maybe Midrash: A Conversation with Haven Kimmel

The 10 Years / 10 Books Tag

The 10 Years / 10 Books Tag

Maybe Midrash: Christian Wiman and Spiritual Hunger

Maybe Midrash: Christian Wiman and Spiritual Hunger

Maybe Midrash: Film Recommendations

Maybe Midrash: Film Recommendations

The Shakespeare Tag

The Shakespeare Tag

Maybe Midrash: Why to Avoid Fiction from Christian Presses

Maybe Midrash: Why to Avoid Fiction from Christian Presses

Maybe Midrash: TBR and Book Recommendations

Maybe Midrash: TBR and Book Recommendations

Maybe Midrash: Jesus on Page and Screen

Maybe Midrash: Jesus on Page and Screen

Maybe Midrash: A May Readathon Announcement

Maybe Midrash: A May Readathon Announcement

Giveaway Winners, Tudor Portraits and a Check-In

Giveaway Winners, Tudor Portraits and a Check-In

Cromwellathon: The Mirror & the Light: Wreckage (I and II) and Salvage

Cromwellathon: The Mirror & the Light: Wreckage (I and II) and Salvage

The Land of Steady Habits - Live Discussion

The Land of Steady Habits - Live Discussion

Favorite Films (and Scenes) of 2019

Favorite Films (and Scenes) of 2019

A Heartfelt, Mammothy Ramble with the Yarn

A Heartfelt, Mammothy Ramble with the Yarn

Cromwellathon: Bring Up the Bodies: Master of Phantoms and Spoils

Cromwellathon: Bring Up the Bodies: Master of Phantoms and Spoils

Cromwellathon: Bring Up the Bodies: The Black Book

Cromwellathon: Bring Up the Bodies: The Black Book

The Character Adaptation Tag

The Character Adaptation Tag

Cromwellathon: Bring Up the Bodies: Angels

Cromwellathon: Bring Up the Bodies: Angels

Cromwellathon: Bring Up the Bodies: Falcons and Crows

Cromwellathon: Bring Up the Bodies: Falcons and Crows

March of the Mammoths 2020 Announcement!

March of the Mammoths 2020 Announcement!

Cromwellathon: Wolf Hall: Part Five II and III and Part Six I, II and III

Cromwellathon: Wolf Hall: Part Five II and III and Part Six I, II and III

Cromwellathon: Wolf Hall: Part Four II and III and Part Five I

Cromwellathon: Wolf Hall: Part Four II and III and Part Five I

The Top Ten Non-Fiction Books Tag

The Top Ten Non-Fiction Books Tag

Cromwellathon: Wolf Hall: Part Three II and III and Part Four I

Cromwellathon: Wolf Hall: Part Three II and III and Part Four I

Cromwellathon: Wolf Hall: Part Two I, II and III and Part Three I

Cromwellathon: Wolf Hall: Part Two I, II and III and Part Three I

A Ramble with Little Women

A Ramble with Little Women

Cromwellathon: Wolf Hall: Part One I, II and III

Cromwellathon: Wolf Hall: Part One I, II and III

Best and Worst Books of 2019

Best and Worst Books of 2019

Mosaic of the Nativity, Serbia, Winter, 1993

Mosaic of the Nativity, Serbia, Winter, 1993

A Rant...and You Carry a Coffin Today: The Widow of Saint Pierre, directed by Patrice Leconte

A Rant...and You Carry a Coffin Today: The Widow of Saint Pierre, directed by Patrice Leconte

The Deathbed Tag (original)

The Deathbed Tag (original)

Cromwellathon Announcement! January - March 2020!

Cromwellathon Announcement! January - March 2020!

A Year of Reading One's Own: 2020 Project Announcement

A Year of Reading One's Own: 2020 Project Announcement

The Rehearsal of Dying: Fear, Faith and Nothingness

The Rehearsal of Dying: Fear, Faith and Nothingness

You Carry a Coffin Today: Hunger, directed by Steve McQueen (spoilers)

You Carry a Coffin Today: Hunger, directed by Steve McQueen (spoilers)

The "I Love the Book! I Love the Movie!" Tag

The "I Love the Book! I Love the Movie!" Tag

1000 Subscriber Giveaway Winners!

1000 Subscriber Giveaway Winners!

Cozy Reading Night: Autumn 2019

Cozy Reading Night: Autumn 2019

You Carry a Coffin Today: Jacob's Ladder, directed by Adrian Lyne

You Carry a Coffin Today: Jacob's Ladder, directed by Adrian Lyne

The Halloween This or That Tag

The Halloween This or That Tag

Two Giveaways, Three Shout-Outs and a Favor

Two Giveaways, Three Shout-Outs and a Favor

Jasonathon: Evaluating Arthur and Loving Blue

Jasonathon: Evaluating Arthur and Loving Blue

Day Three of Jasonathon: Snow!

Day Three of Jasonathon: Snow!

Day Two of Jasonathon: Philip Roth, Spam and Danny Boyle

Day Two of Jasonathon: Philip Roth, Spam and Danny Boyle

Friday Reads: Day One of JASONATHON!

Friday Reads: Day One of JASONATHON!

Call for 2020 Booktube Prize Judges + a Chatty Rant

Call for 2020 Booktube Prize Judges + a Chatty Rant

The Boujee Booktuber Tag

The Boujee Booktuber Tag

You Carry a Coffin Today: Trois Couleurs: Bleu, directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski

You Carry a Coffin Today: Trois Couleurs: Bleu, directed by Krzysztof Kieslowski

Shaketube 2019: Sowing Oats in Verona + All is True

Shaketube 2019: Sowing Oats in Verona + All is True

A Ramble with the Yarn: September 2019

A Ramble with the Yarn: September 2019

Shaketube 2019: The Winter's Tale...with a Guest!

Shaketube 2019: The Winter's Tale...with a Guest!

The My Favorite Writers Tag

The My Favorite Writers Tag

A Trip to The Tattered Cover and More...

A Trip to The Tattered Cover and More...

Shaketube 2019: Hamlet and Complicity

Shaketube 2019: Hamlet and Complicity

Shaketube 2019: Twelfth Night, or Love at First Encounter

Shaketube 2019: Twelfth Night, or Love at First Encounter

You Carry a Coffin Today: A Ghost Story, directed by David Lowery

You Carry a Coffin Today: A Ghost Story, directed by David Lowery

A Ramble with the Yarn: August 2019

A Ramble with the Yarn: August 2019

The Literary Fiction Book Tag

The Literary Fiction Book Tag

Reaping Dignity: Bergman and Saramago

Reaping Dignity: Bergman and Saramago

Shaketube 2019 Announcement!

Shaketube 2019 Announcement!

The Booktube Top Tens Tag: The Results!

The Booktube Top Tens Tag: The Results!

The Case of the Missing Donoghue; or Shaketube Co-Hosting Auditions

The Case of the Missing Donoghue; or Shaketube Co-Hosting Auditions

My Book -- and Film -- for All Seasons: A Response Video

My Book -- and Film -- for All Seasons: A Response Video

Book and Movie Haul: January - July 2019

Book and Movie Haul: January - July 2019

Personhood and Clay: Christine Montross's Body of Work

Personhood and Clay: Christine Montross's Body of Work

You Carry a Coffin Today: The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick

You Carry a Coffin Today: The Tree of Life, directed by Terrence Malick

A Ramble without the Yarn: June 2019

A Ramble without the Yarn: June 2019

Judging the Booktube Prize Quarterfinals: Group C

Judging the Booktube Prize Quarterfinals: Group C

Between the World and the Otherworld: On Frank Stanford's Poetry

Between the World and the Otherworld: On Frank Stanford's Poetry

You Carry a Coffin Today: Fearless, directed by Peter Weir

You Carry a Coffin Today: Fearless, directed by Peter Weir

Catching Up: Malick, Mantel and a Gentle Reminder

Catching Up: Malick, Mantel and a Gentle Reminder

The Oh Just a Terrible Book Tag

The Oh Just a Terrible Book Tag

A Ramble with the Yarn: May 2019

A Ramble with the Yarn: May 2019

You Carry a Coffin Today: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

You Carry a Coffin Today: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl, directed by Alfonso Gomez-Rejon

Top Ten Strange Bookish Facts Tag: Supersized!

Top Ten Strange Bookish Facts Tag: Supersized!

Jane Kenyon, Easter, 2019

Jane Kenyon, Easter, 2019

Caregiving Failures and Youth: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

Caregiving Failures and Youth: Me and Earl and the Dying Girl

12-Month Anniversary Q&A Responses

12-Month Anniversary Q&A Responses

2666: Nearly Bagging a Mammoth, or Holding Misogyny Accountable

2666: Nearly Bagging a Mammoth, or Holding Misogyny Accountable

Winter Wrap-Up and Spring TBR

Winter Wrap-Up and Spring TBR

Anniversary, Apple Rant, Mammoth Update and Linda Gregg

Anniversary, Apple Rant, Mammoth Update and Linda Gregg

You Carry a Coffin Today: Behind the Sun, directed by Walter Salles

You Carry a Coffin Today: Behind the Sun, directed by Walter Salles

The Further Adventures of Jason, Lukas and Blue

The Further Adventures of Jason, Lukas and Blue

8 Shout-Outs for 800!

8 Shout-Outs for 800!

Mammoth Hunting: A Snowy Check-In

Mammoth Hunting: A Snowy Check-In

2666: (Nearly) The First Leg of the March

2666: (Nearly) The First Leg of the March

The Booktube Top Tens Tag: Third Quarter Update

The Booktube Top Tens Tag: Third Quarter Update

March of the Mammoths is HERE!

March of the Mammoths is HERE!

You Carry a Coffin Today: Wit, directed by Mike Nichols

You Carry a Coffin Today: Wit, directed by Mike Nichols

A Ramble with the Mammoths: February 2019

A Ramble with the Mammoths: February 2019

Favorite Films of 2018 -- and two big disappointments!

Favorite Films of 2018 -- and two big disappointments!

Wit: Beginning and Finishing

Wit: Beginning and Finishing

March of the Mammoths: Recommendations!

March of the Mammoths: Recommendations!

52 Nifty Bookish Qs Tag

52 Nifty Bookish Qs Tag

Buddy Read: Ulverton by Adam Thorpe (possible spoilers)

Buddy Read: Ulverton by Adam Thorpe (possible spoilers)

Betsy-Tacy, Tib and a Walk Down Memory Lane

Betsy-Tacy, Tib and a Walk Down Memory Lane

March of the Mammoths: A Readathon Announcement!

March of the Mammoths: A Readathon Announcement!

This Republic of Suffering II: The Allowance for Grief and the Disgrace in Humiliating the Conquered

This Republic of Suffering II: The Allowance for Grief and the Disgrace in Humiliating the Conquered

A Ramble with the Yarn: January 2019

A Ramble with the Yarn: January 2019

A Great American Novel

A Great American Novel

The Lost Generation Tag

The Lost Generation Tag

On Disagreement

On Disagreement

You Carry a Coffin Today: Vagabond, directed by Agnes Varda

You Carry a Coffin Today: Vagabond, directed by Agnes Varda

Christmas Book Haul...Part Two!

Christmas Book Haul...Part Two!

This Republic of Suffering I: The "Good Death" and the Semantics of Slaughter

This Republic of Suffering I: The "Good Death" and the Semantics of Slaughter

The Poetrytube Newbie Tag

The Poetrytube Newbie Tag

Buddy Read: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (spoilers)

Buddy Read: The Buried Giant by Kazuo Ishiguro (spoilers)

Reflections on 2018 + Channel Plans — LIVE

Reflections on 2018 + Channel Plans — LIVE

A Cold Winter's Night

A Cold Winter's Night

Book Postscript 2018 Tag

Book Postscript 2018 Tag

Christmas Book Haul...Part One!

Christmas Book Haul...Part One!

A Christmas Carol: Stave 5 — LIVE

A Christmas Carol: Stave 5 — LIVE

Litmas - Christmas Day! - Goals + a January Reminder

Litmas - Christmas Day! - Goals + a January Reminder

A Christmas Carol: Stave 4 — LIVE

A Christmas Carol: Stave 4 — LIVE

Litmas - December 24th! - 2018 Booktube MVP

Litmas - December 24th! - 2018 Booktube MVP

A Christmas Carol: Stave 3 — LIVE

A Christmas Carol: Stave 3 — LIVE

Litmas - December 23rd! - Booktubers I Want to Know Better in 2019

Litmas - December 23rd! - Booktubers I Want to Know Better in 2019

A Christmas Carol: Stave 2 — LIVE

A Christmas Carol: Stave 2 — LIVE

Litmas - December 22nd! - Bragging and Gratitude

Litmas - December 22nd! - Bragging and Gratitude

A Christmas Carol: Stave 1 — LIVE

A Christmas Carol: Stave 1 — LIVE

Litmas - December 21st! - Rupi Kaur Stuck in My Craw!

Litmas - December 21st! - Rupi Kaur Stuck in My Craw!

Autumn Wrap-Up / Winter TBR

Autumn Wrap-Up / Winter TBR

Litmas - December 20th! - The Big Lesson

Litmas - December 20th! - The Big Lesson

Belated Book Haul: Book Depository and LOA

Belated Book Haul: Book Depository and LOA

Litmas - December 19th! - Quote of the Year

Litmas - December 19th! - Quote of the Year

Litmas - December 18th! - Booktube Video of the Year

Litmas - December 18th! - Booktube Video of the Year

Litmas - December 17th! - Poem of the Year

Litmas - December 17th! - Poem of the Year

Litmas - December 16th! - Book of the Year

Litmas - December 16th! - Book of the Year

Litmas - December 15th! - Best First Encounter with a Writer

Litmas - December 15th! - Best First Encounter with a Writer